Lypusa
| Lypusa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Division: | Ditrysia | 
| Superfamily: | Tineoidea (disputed) | 
| Family: | Lypusidae (disputed) | 
| Genus: | Lypusa Zeller, 1852 | 
Lypusa is a genus of moths of the Lypusidae family, traditionally held to be a monotypic lineage of Tineoidea. However, it may actually belong to the same lineage of Gelechioidea as the Amphisbatinae (or Amphisbatidae).[1]
The genus contains only 2 known species:
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