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Tretopteryx

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
T. pertusalis

Similar
  
Hypotia, Synaphe, Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Hypsopygia, Endotricha

Tretopteryx is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1890. It contains only one species, Tretopteryx pertusalis, which is found in France, on Crete and in Turkey and Syria.

The wingspan is about 27 mm.

References

Tretopteryx Wikipedia