Global InformationScytalopteryx information
| Scytalopteryx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Lepidoptera
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| Family: | Drepanidae
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| Subfamily: | Drepaninae
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| Genus: | Scytalopteryx Ritsema, 1890
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| Species: | S. elongata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scytalopteryx elongata (Snellen, 1889)
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Scytalopteryx is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae first described by Ritsema in 1889.[1] It contains the species Scytalopteryx elongata, described by Snellen in 1889, which is found in Sundaland.
The larvae feed on Cocos, Elaeis, Coffea and Lablab species.[2]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phyllopteryx elongata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Scytalopteryx Ritsema, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.