''Phycomorpha'' 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
Copromorphidae
Copromorphidae, the "tropical fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. These moths have broad, rounded forewings, and well-camouflaged scale patterns. Unlike Carposinidae the mouthparts include "labial palps" with the ...
.
Species
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Phycomorpha bryophylla''
Meyrick
Meyrick is a surname and given name. Meyricke is a variant form.
Surname
* Edmund Meyrick (1636–1713), Welsh cleric
* Edward Meyrick (1854–1938), English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist
* Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818–1897), Englis ...
, 1927
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Phycomorpha escharitis''
Meyrick, 1916
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Phycomorpha metachrysa
''Phycomorpha metachrysa'', the milktree fruit moth, is a species of moth in the Copromorphidae family. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and has been found in the North and South Islands. The larvae feed on the fruit of species in the genus ...
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Meyrick, 1914
*''Phycomorpha prasinochroa
''Phycomorpha prasinochroa'' is a moth in the Copromorphidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland
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'' (Meyrick, 1906) (originally in ''Copromorpha''
Alternatively placed here
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Phycomorpha argophthalma''
Meyrick, 1932 (originally in ''Syncamaris'')
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Phycomorpha chalazombra''
Meyrick, 1938 (originally in ''Spilogenes'')
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Phycomorpha ilyopis
''Saridacma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Copromorphidae
Copromorphidae, the "tropical fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. These moths have broad, rounded forewings, and well-camouflaged scale pa ...
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Meyrick, 1930 (originally in ''Saridacma'')
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Phycomorpha phlyctaenopa''
Meyrick, 1926 (originally in ''Rhopalosetia'')
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Phycomorpha simplex''
Strand, 1915 (originally in ''Rhynchoferella'')
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Phycomorpha syncentra''
Meyrick, 1916 (originally in ''Sisyroxena'')
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Copromorphidae
Moth genera
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