Polyvena

Polyvena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: unassigned
Tribe: Polyorthini
Genus: Polyvena
Poinar & Brown, 1993
Species: P. horatius
Binomial name
Polyvena horatius
Poinar & Brown, 1993

Polyvena is an extinct genus of moths belonging to the Tortricidae family.[1] It contains only one species (Polyvena horatius) which was described from Dominican amber.[2]

See also

References

  1. Baixeras, J., Brown, J. W., and Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  2. Poinar, G.O. & J.W. Brown, 1993: A new fossil tortricid (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Dominican amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution 24 (1): 25-29. Abstract: doi:10.1163/187631293X00028
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