''Apura'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s belonging to the family
Tortricidae
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...
.
Species
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Apura xanthosoma
''Apura xanthosoma'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For exam ...
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Turner, 1916
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Apura xylodryas
''Apura xylodryas'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the Sout ...
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Meyrick, 1927
References
* , 2005: ''World Catalogue of Insects'' volume 5 ''Tortricidae''.
* , 1916, ''Trans. R. S. Austral.'' 40: 519.
External links
tortricidae.com
Polyorthini
Tortricidae genera
Taxa named by Alfred Jefferis Turner
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