Nepheloploce

Nepheloploce
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Nepheloploce
Razowski, 2010
Species: N. nephelopyrga
Binomial name
Nepheloploce nephelopyrga
(Meyrick, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Argyroploce nephelopyrga Meyrick, 1938

Nepheloploce is a genus of moths of the Tortricidae family. It contains only one species, Nepheloploce nephelopyrga, which is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of the Greek words Nephele (meaning cloud) and ploke (meaning texture, or the way things are put together).[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Razowski, J. ; L. Aarvik & J. de Prins 2010: An annotated catalogue of the types of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zootaxa 2469: 1-77. Abstract: .
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