''Toxopeia demodes'' is a species of
sedge moth, and the only species in the genus ''Toxopeia''. It was described by
Alexey Diakonoff
Alexey Nikolaievich Diakonoff (1 March 1907 – 20 September 1989), also transliterated as Alexej Nikolajewitsch Diakonoff, was a Russian–Dutch entomologist who specialised in Microlepidoptera.
His parents immigrated to the Dutch East Indies ...
in 1955. It is found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
.
References
Moths described in 1955
Glyphipterigidae
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