Ptyssoptera

Ptyssoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Palaephatidae
Genus:	Ptyssoptera; Turner, 1933

Ptyssoptera is a genus of moths in the family Palaephatidae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1933. The name is derived from Greek: πτυσσοπτερος, lit. 'with crumpled wing'.

Species

References

1 2 Turner, A. Jefferis (1933). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 57. W.C. Rigby: 181–182 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[Turner_1933-1] 1 2 Turner, A. Jefferis (1933). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 57. W.C. Rigby: 181–182 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.