''Hyperochtha'' is a genus of
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
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
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Species
* ''Hyperochtha acanthovalva
''Hyperochtha acanthovalva'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2001. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to th ...
'' Park, 2001
* ''Hyperochtha butyropa
''Hyperochtha butyropa'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
'' (Meyrick, 1910)
* ''Hyperochtha dischema
''Hyperochtha dischema'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Malawi.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ot ...
'' (Meyrick, 1916)
* ''Hyperochtha hoplophora
''Hyperochtha hoplophora'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by László Anthony Gozmány in 1973. It is found in Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
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'' Gozmány, 1973
* '' Hyperochtha justa'' (Meyrick, 1910)
* '' Hyperochtha tanyglocha'' Wu & Park, 1999
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Torodorinae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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