Persicoptila
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Persicoptila is a genus of moth
in the family Cosmopterigidae
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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...
in the family Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
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Species
- Persicoptila acrostigma
- Persicoptila aesthetica
- Persicoptila anthomima
- Persicoptila anthophytes
- Persicoptila aphrosema
- Persicoptila aquilifera
- Persicoptila arenosa Turner, 1917
- Persicoptila chiasta
- Persicoptila dasysceles Turner, 1917
- Persicoptila erythrota
- Persicoptila euphaedra
- Persicoptila eurytricha
- Persicoptila haemanthes
- Persicoptila heliatma
- Persicoptila heroica
- Persicoptila hesperis Meyrick, 1897
- Persicoptila larozona
- Persicoptila leucosarca
- Persicoptila libanotris
- Persicoptila meliteucta
- Persicoptila mimochora Meyrick, 1897
- Persicoptila oenosceles Turner, 1917
- Persicoptila oriaula
- Persicoptila peltias Meyrick, 1897
- Persicoptila petrinopa
- Persicoptila phoenoxantha
- Persicoptila phronimopis
- Persicoptila picrodes
- Persicoptila ramulosa
- Persicoptila rhipidaspis
- Persicoptila rhodocnemis Meyrick, 1915
- Persicoptila scholarcha
- Persicoptila tritozona Turner, 1917
- Persicoptila vinosa