Michaelophorus

Michaelophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with neotropical climates. Little is known about the genus' overall ecology.[1]

Michaelophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Genus: Michaelophorus
Gielis, 1999
Synonyms
  • Michaelophorus is the replacement name for Schafferia Gielis, 1993

Species

References
  1. Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
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