''Ptilosticha'' 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
Schreckensteiniidae. It was erected by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in 1910.
Species
* ''
Ptilosticha bimaculata''
Walsingham, 1889
* ''
Ptilosticha cyanoplaca''
Meyrick, 1910
* ''
Ptilosticha incandescens''
Meyrick, 1910
References
Schreckensteinioidea
Moth genera
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