Nepheloploce
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| Genus: | Nepheloploce Razowski, 2010
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| Species: | N. nephelopyrga
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| Nepheloploce nephelopyrga (Meyrick, 1938)
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Nepheloploce is a genus of moths of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Nepheloploce nephelopyrga, which is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Etymology[]
The genus name is a combination of the Greek words nephele (meaning cloud) and ploke (meaning texture, or the way things are put together).[2]
References[]
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Nepheloploce nephelopyrga (Meyrick, 1938)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Razowski, J.; L. Aarvik & J. de Prins 2010: An annotated catalogue of the types of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zootaxa 2469: 1-77. Abstract: [1].
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