Biology:Phyllobrostis argillosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllobrostis argillosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Phyllobrostis
Species:
P. argillosa
Binomial name
Phyllobrostis argillosa
Meyrick, 1911

Phyllobrostis argillosa is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family.[1][2] Endemic to South Africa,[1] it is only known from a single male from Kranspoort near Pretoria.[3]

In 2006 Wolfram Mey argued that Phyllobrostis argillosa is misplaced in Lyonetiidae and even in Yponomeutoidea and that it should probably be placed in the superfamily Tineoidea, probably in Tineidae.[3] However, later treatments have kept recognizing Phyllobrostis argillosa as valid species in Lyonetiidae.[1][2][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2011–2025). "Phyllobrostis argillosa Meyrick, 1911". https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PHYLARGI. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Phyllobrostis argillosa Meyrick, 1911". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.047. 16 February 2025. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/241683. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mey, Wolfram (2006). "Revision of the genus Phyllobrostis Staudinger, 1859 (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 53 (1): 114–147. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200600012. 
  4. Krüger, Martin (2020). "Checklist of the Lepidoptera of southern Africa". Metamorphosis 31 (2): 1–201. doi:10.4314/met.v31i2.2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7188655 entry