''Proterocosma'' 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
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ...
. It was formerly included in the
Cosmopterigidae.
Species
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Proterocosma dualis
''Proterocosma dualis'' is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a languag ...
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Diakonoff, 1954
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Proterocosma epizona
''Proterocosma epizona'' is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an isla ...
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Meyrick, 1886
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Proterocosma marginata
''Proterocosma marginata'' is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a lang ...
''
Diakonoff, 1954
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Proterocosma ochronota
''Proterocosma ochronota'' is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian count ...
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Meyrick, 1886
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Proterocosma triplanetis
''Proterocosma triplanetis'' is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian cou ...
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Meyrick, 1886
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Agonoxeninae
Moth genera
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