''Scaeostrepta'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Lecithoceridae. It contains the species ''Scaeostrepta geranoptera'', which is found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Lecithoceridae
Monotypic moth genera
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