Biology:Tylanthes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Tylanthes
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Tylanthes

Meyrick, 1889
Species:
T. ptochias
Binomial name
Tylanthes ptochias
Meyrick, 1889
Synonyms
  • Nishada louisiadensis Rothschild, 1913

Tylanthes is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Tylanthes ptochias, is found in Australia and New Guinea.[1] It is found in both lowland and highland habitats.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.[3]

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