Nothris mesophracta
| Nothris mesophracta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Nothris |
| Species: | N. mesophracta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothris mesophracta Turner, 1919 | |
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”Nothris” mesophracta is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Australia (Victoria, Tasmania).[1]
Taxonomy
The species was previously placed in Xerometra, now a synonym of Mesophleps, but research concluded it does not belong in this genus, nor the subfamily Anacampsinae. It is thought to belong to the subfamily Anomologinae, but it has not been placed in a genus yet.
References
- ↑ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
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