Leptoses

Leptoses
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Leptoses
Ghesquière, 1942
Species: L. sophronicos
Binomial name
Leptoses sophronicos
Ghesquière, 1942

Leptoses is a genus of snout moths.[1] It was described by Ghesquière in 1942, and contains the species L. sophronicos. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo (including Elisabethville, the type location).

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.


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