''Calyciphora'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Pterophoridae
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, erected in 1960 by F. Kasy.
[Kasy, 1960 Calyciphora, ein neues Subgenus; klimeschi, ivae, homoiodactyla, drei neue Arten des Genus Aciptilia Hb. (Lep., Pteroph.) ''Zs. Wiener Ent. Ges.'' 45 : 172-187] It has a
Palaearctic
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Th ...
distribution, with species ranging from
Western Europe
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to
Russia
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,
Kazakhstan
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and
Kyrgyzstan
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.
Species
, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus ''Calyciphora'':
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Calyciphora acarnella''
(Walsingham, 1898)
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Calyciphora adamas''
(Constant, 1895)
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Calyciphora albodactylus''
(Fabricius, 1794)
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Calyciphora golestanica''
Alipanah & Ustjuzhanin, 2005
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Calyciphora homoiodactyla''
(Kasy, 1960)
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Calyciphora korbi''
Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020
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Calyciphora ludmilae''
Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovick, 2011
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Calyciphora marashella''
Zagulajev, 1986
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Calyciphora nephelodactyla''
(Eversmann, 1844)
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Calyciphora xanthodactyla''
(Treitschke, 1833)
References
Pterophorini
Moth genera
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