Biology:Denisia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Denisia
Denisia similella M1.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Tribe: Oecophorini
Genus: Denisia
Hübner, 1825
Type species
Phalaena stipella
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Blepharocera Chambers, 1877 (non Agassiz, 1846: preoccupied)
Borkhausenia (auct. non Hübner, [1825]: misidentified)
Chambersia Riley, 1891

Denisia is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It was originally established as a subgenus of Borkhausenia.[1]

Selected species

Species of Denisia include:[2]

Footnotes

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5257796 entry