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Iressa (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Division
  
Ditrysia

Family
  
Phylum
  
Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Superfamily
  
Gelechioidea

Subfamily
  
Cosmopteriginae

Rank
  
Genus

Iressa is a genus of cosmet moths (family Cosmopterigidae). It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae.

They are characterized mainly by their wing venation: in the forewings, vein 1b is not forked and veins 2-4 are separate, while veins 6-8 are not; veins 6 and 7 are stalked and arise from vein 8. In addition, the scape is short and bears a comb.

This genus contains only 3 known species:

  • Iressa microsema J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
  • Iressa neoleuca J.F.G.Clarke, 1971
  • Iressa triformis (Meyrick 1927)
  • References

    Iressa (moth) Wikipedia


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