''Basileura'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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 ...

genus of the family

Incurvariidae Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their host plants, excluding ''Paraclemensia acerifoliell ...

erected by

Ebbe Nielsen Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen (7 June 1950 – 7 March 2001) was a Danish entomologist influential in systematics and Lepidoptera research, and an early proponent of biodiversity informatics. The journal ''Invertebrate Systematics'' was established with si ...

and

Donald R. Davis Donald or Don Davis may refer to: Entertainment * Donald Davis (writer) (1904–1992), American playwright and screenwriter * Don Marion Davis (1917-2020), American child actor * Donald Davis (actor) (1928–1998), Canadian actor and theatre dir ...

in 1981. Its only species, ''Basileura elongata'', described by the same authors in the same year, is found in Argentina.

References

Incurvariidae Adeloidea genera Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist) {{Incurvarioidea-stub