Rhizosthenes

Rhizosthenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
(unranked): Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Rhizosthenes
Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
Species: R. falciformis
Binomial name
Rhizosthenes falciformis
Meyrick, 1935

Rhizosthenes is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Rhizosthenes falciformis, which is found in China,[1] Taiwan, Japan and Russia.

The wingspan is 22–27 mm.[2]

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