Tretopteryx

Tretopteryx is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1890.[1] It contains only one species, Tretopteryx pertusalis, which is found in France, on Crete[2] and in Turkey and Syria.[3]

Tretopteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Tretopteryx
Ragonot, 1890[1]
Species:
T. pertusalis
Binomial name
Tretopteryx pertusalis
(Geyer in Hübner, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Eurrhypis pertusalis Geyer in Hübner, 1832

The wingspan is about 27 mm.[4]

References
  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Tretopteryx pertusalis - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  4. lepiforum.de


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