Pteropygme

Pteropygme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliodinidae
Genus:
Speiser, 1902
Species:
P. pyrrha
Binomial name
Pteropygme pyrrha
(Pagenstecher, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Synaphia Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Synaphia pyrrha Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Persicoptila pyrrha

Pteropygme is a genus of moths of the family Heliodinidae. It contains only one species, Pteropygme pyrrha, which is found on the Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pteropygme pyrrha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.