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Cotaena

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Yponomeutoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Glyphipterigidae

Cotaena is a genus of sedge moths.

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Taxonomy

The genus was originally described in the Aegeriidae (=Sesiidae), transferred to the Heliodinidae by Meyrick, to the Schreckensteiniidae by Fletcher, to the Heliodinidae by Naumann and finally to the Glyphipterigidae by Heppner and Duckworth.

Species

  • Cotaena magnifica Sohn & Heppner, 2015 (from Brazil)
  • Cotaena mediana Walker, 1864 (Amazon bassin)
  • Cotaena plenella (Busck 1914) (from Panama )
  • Cotaena phlegyropa (Meyrick, 1915) (from Guyana and French Guyana)
  • Cotaena tchalla Sohn & Heppner, 2015 (from Brazil)

    • References

    Cotaena Wikipedia
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