''Pexicopia'' 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 ...

s in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...

. It contains 22 species, zipcode zoo - Pexicopia
/ref> such as the hollyhock seed moth (''Pexicopia malvella''), which is found in Europe.

Species

* '' Pexicopia arenicola'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia catharia'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia cryphia'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia dascia'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia desmanthes'' (Lower, 1898) * '' Pexicopia diasema'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia dictyomorpha'' (Lower, 1900) * '' Pexicopia epactaea'' (Meyrick, 1904) * '' Pexicopia euryanthes'' (Meyrick, 1922) * '' Pexicopia karachiella'' Amsel, 1968 * '' Pexicopia malvella'' (Hübner, 805 (hollyhock seed moth) * '' Pexicopia melitolicna'' (Meyrick, 1935) * '' Pexicopia mimetica'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia nephelombra'' (Meyrick, 1904) * '' Pexicopia paliscia'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia pheletes'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia proselia'' Common, 1958 * '' Pexicopia pycnoda'' (Lower, 1899) * '' Pexicopia trimetropis'' (Meyrick, 1922)

Former species

* '' Pexicopia bathropis'' * '' Pexicopia chalcotora'' * '' Pexicopia lutarea'' * '' Pexicopia plinthodes''

References

External links

Funet.fi

Microlepidoptera.nl
Pexicopiini Moths of Europe {{Apatetrinae-stub