''Cavihemiptilocera'' 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 "unisp ...

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

genus described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 2006. Its single species, ''Cavihemiptilocera exoleta'', described by

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ...

in 1881, was found in

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References

* Neunzig, H. H. (2006
"''Cavihemiptilocera'', A New Genus for ''Myelois exoleta'' Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)"
''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society''. 60 (2): 79-81. Phycitinae Monotypic moth genera Pyralidae genera {{Phycitinae-stub