''Hermogenes aliferella'' is a

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 ...

in the family

Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a w ...

, and the only species in the genus ''Hermogenes''. It was described by Zeller in 1867 and is found in

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References

Xyloryctidae Moths described in 1867 {{Xyloryctidae-stub