Phyllobrostis

Genus of moths

Phyllobrostis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Phyllobrostis
Staudinger, 1859
Synonyms
  • Pilotocoma Meyrick, 1913
  • Phthinostoma Meyrick, 1914

Phyllobrostis is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae.

Species

  • eremitella-group
    • Phyllobrostis eremitella De Joannis, 1912
    • Phyllobrostis tephroleuca (Meyrick, 1913)
    • Phyllobrostis calcaria Meyrick, 1911
    • Phyllobrostis apathetica (Meyrick, 1921)
  • daphneella-group
    • Phyllobrostis daphneella Staudinger, 1859
    • Phyllobrostis jedmella Chretien, 1907
    • Phyllobrostis hartmanni Staudinger, 1867
    • Phyllobrostis fregenella Hartig, 1940
    • Phyllobrostis farsensis Mey, 2006
    • Phyllobrostis nuristanica Mey, 2006
    • Phyllobrostis kandaharensis Mey, 2006

Former species

Phyllobrostis argillosa Meyrick, 1911 was described from a single male from Kranspoort near Pretoria. It is misplaced in Lyonetiidae and even in Yponomeutoidea. The species should probably be placed in the superfamily Tineoidea, probably in Tineidae.

References

  • Revision of the genus Phyllobrostis Staudinger, 1859 (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae)[dead link]
Taxon identifiers
Phyllobrostis


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