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Scolizona

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Glossata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
  
Gelechioidea

Scolizona is a genus of moths in the Lecithoceridae family.

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Species

  • Scolizona palinoides Park, 2011
  • Scolizona rhinoceros (Diakonoff, 1954)
  • Scolizona ulnaformis Park, 2011

    • Distribution

    Papua province of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

    Etymology

    The generic name is derived from the Greek scoli (meaning curved) and zona (meaning belt) and refers to the strongly recurved labial palpus.

    References

    Scolizona Wikipedia
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