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Aporocosmus

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Aporocosmus is a genus of moths in the subfamily Odontiinae of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Aporocosmus lamprodeta, which is found in New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

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Aporocosmus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Odontiinae
Genus: Aporocosmus
Butler, 1886[1]
Species:
A. lamprodeta
Binomial name
Aporocosmus lamprodeta
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Aporocosmus bracteatus Butler, 1886
  • Exeristis argyresthalis Hampson, 1913
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