Misplaced Pages

Leptoses

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of moths

Leptoses
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Leptoses
Ghesquière, 1942
Species: L. sophronicos
Binomial name
Leptoses sophronicos
Ghesquière, 1942

Leptoses is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Jean Ghesquière in 1942. Its only species, Leptoses sophronicos, described by the same author in the same year, is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (including Elisabethville, the type location).

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Leptoses sophronicos


Stub icon

This Epipaschiinae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Leptoses Add topic