Plesiozela
Appearance
Plesiozela | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Incurvariidae |
Genus: | Plesiozela Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 |
Type species | |
Plesiozela nielseni Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003
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Species | |
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Plesiozela is genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Ole Karsholt and Niels P. Kristensen in 2003 and initially placed in the family Heliozelidae.[1][2]
Species
[edit]This genus includes the following species:[1]
- Plesiozela nielseni Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 – Argentina, Chile
- Plesiozela patagonica Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 – Argentina
References
[edit]- ^ a b Karsholt, Ole; Kristensen, Niels P. (2003). "Plesiozela, gen. nov. from temperate South America: apparent sister-group of the previously known Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera : Incurvarioidea : Heliozelidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 17 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 39–46. doi:10.1071/IS02047.
- ^ Milla, Liz; Moussalli, Adnan; Wilcox, Stephen A.; van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Young, David A.; Halsey, Mike; McConville, Thomas; Jones, Therésa M.; Kallies, Axel; Hilton, Douglas J. (2019). "Phylotranscriptomics resolves phylogeny of the Heliozelidae (Adeloidea: Lepidoptera) and suggests a Late Cretaceous origin in Australia". Systematic Entomology. 45 (1). Royal Entomological Society: 128–143. doi:10.1111/syen.12383. hdl:11343/286225. ISSN 1365-3113.