Leptoses

Leptoses
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Epipaschiinae
Genus:
Ghesquière, 1942
Species:
L. sophronicos
Binomial name
Leptoses sophronicos
Ghesquière, 1942

Leptoses is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Jean Ghesquière in 1942.[1] Its only species, Leptoses sophronicos, described by the same author in the same year, is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (including Elisabethville, the type location).

References

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.