Eriocottis euryphracta
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Eriocottis euryphracta is a moth
of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Australia
. Research has concluded it does not belong in the genus Eriocottis (which belongs to the family Eriocottidae
), but it has not been moved to another genus yet.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Research has concluded it does not belong in the genus Eriocottis (which belongs to the family Eriocottidae
Eriocottidae
Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are between eight and seventeen genera currently placed within it and two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and...
), but it has not been moved to another genus yet.