''Leptodeuterocopus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are ...
. It was erected in 1910 by
Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher
Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher (25 March 1878 – 30 April 1950) was an English entomologist. Although an amateur lepidopterist who worked in the Royal Navy, he became an expert on "microlepidoptera" and was appointed as the second Imperial Entomol ...
, and has ''
Leptodeuterocopus citrogaster'' as
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.
Several of its species were originally described in genera ''
Deuterocopus'' or ''
Oxyptilus
''Oxyptilus'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae 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, Württember ...
''.
Species
, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus ''Leptodeuterocopus'':
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Leptodeuterocopus angulatus''
Gielis, 2006
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Leptodeuterocopus citrogaster''
T. B. Fletcher, 1910
*''
Leptodeuterocopus duchicela''
Gielis, 2006
*''
Leptodeuterocopus exquisitus''
(Meyrick, 1921)
*''
Leptodeuterocopus fortunatus''
(Meyrick, 1921)
*''
Leptodeuterocopus gratus
''Leptodeuterocopus gratus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
The wingspan is about . Adult
An adult is an animal that has reached full growth. The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sex ...
''
(Meyrick, 1921)
*''
Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus''
(Meyrick, 1921)
*''
Leptodeuterocopus neales
''Leptodeuterocopus neales'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It has recently been recorded from Florida.
The wingspan is about . Adult
An ...
''
(Walsingham, 1915)
*''
Leptodeuterocopus panamaensis''
Gielis, 2006
*''
Leptodeuterocopus sochchoroides''
T. B. Fletcher, 1910
*''
Leptodeuterocopus sorongensis''
Gielis & de Vos, 2007
*''
Leptodeuterocopus trinidad''
Gielis, 1996
*''
Leptodeuterocopus tungurahue''
Gielis, 2006
*''
Leptodeuterocopus zonites''
(Meyrick, 1913)
References
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Deuterocopinae
Moth genera