Sphaleroptera alpicolana

Sphaleroptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sphaleroptera
Species: S. alpicolana
Binomial name
Sphaleroptera alpicolana
(Frolich, in Hubner & Geyer, 1830)

Sphaleroptera alpicolana is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.[1]

It is the only accepted species of its genus Sphaleroptera, but some authors do not consider it distinct from its relative Cnephasia.

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.

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