Sericostola

Genus of moths

Sericostola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Sericostola
Meyrick, 1927

Sericostola is a genus of sedge moths described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.

Taxonomy

The genus was included in the Plutellidae by Fletcher in 1929 but was transferred to the Glyphipterigidae by John B. Heppner in 1984.[1][2]

Species

  • Sericostola rhodanopa
  • Sericostola semibrunnea

References

  1. ^ Heppner, J. B., ed. (1984). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Checklist: Part 1 Micropterigoidea - Immoidea. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. xvi, 54. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-6533-1. ISBN 978-94-009-6533-1.
  2. ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
  • Sericostola at Global Species
Taxon identifiers
Sericostola


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