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Lypusa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
  
Tineoidea (disputed)

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Division
  
Ditrysia

Family
  
Lypusidae (disputed)

Lower classifications
  
Lypusa maurella, Lypusa tokari

Lypusa is a genus of moths of the Lypusidae family, traditionally held to be a monotypic lineage of Tineoidea. However, it may actually belong to the same lineage of Gelechioidea as the Amphisbatinae (or Amphisbatidae).

The genus contains only 2 known species:

  • Lypusa maurella
  • Lypusa tokari
  • References

    Lypusa Wikipedia