''Leptozestis'' 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
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
.
Species
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Leptozestis anagrapta''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis antithetis''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis argoscia''
(Lower, 1904)
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Leptozestis autochroa''
(Meyrick, 1915)
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Leptozestis capnopora''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis cataspoda''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis charmosyna''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Leptozestis chionomera
''Leptozestis'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Leptozestis anagrapta'' (Meyrick, 1897)
*''Leptozestis antithetis'' (Meyrick, 1897)
*''Leptozestis argoscia'' (Lower, 1904)
*''Leptozestis autochroa'' (Meyrick, 1915) ...
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Leptozestis crassipalpis''
(Turner, 1923)
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Leptozestis crebra''
(Meyrick, 1906)
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Leptozestis cyclonia''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis decalopha''
(Lower, 1904)
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Leptozestis ecstatica''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis epiphrixa''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis epochaea''
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Leptozestis euryplaca''
(Lower, 1893)
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Leptozestis eximia''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis gnophodes''
(Lower, 1904)
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Leptozestis harmosta''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis hestiopa''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis melamydra''
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Leptozestis melanopa''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis ochlopa''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis oxyptera''
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Leptozestis parasica''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis perinephes''
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Leptozestis phylactis''
(Meyrick, 1897) (misspelling ''Leptozestis plylactis'')
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Leptozestis polychroa''
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Leptozestis psarotricha''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis psoralea''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis sedula''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis spodoptera''
(Turner, 1923)
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Leptozestis strophicodes''
(Meyrick, 1917)
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Leptozestis tephras''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis toreutica''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis tropaea''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Leptozestis valida''
(Meyrick, 1919)
Former species
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Leptozestis acrocyrta''
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Leptozestis acromianta''
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Leptozestis chalcoptila''
(Meyrick, 1922)
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Leptozestis fumea''
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Leptozestis macrostola''
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Leptozestis pygaea''
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Leptozestis tephronota''
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Leptozestis xenonympha''
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Cosmopteriginae
Cosmopterigidae genera
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