Colpocheilopteryx
Genus of moths
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Colpocheilopteryx is a monotypic moth genus of the family Euteliidae. Its only species, Colpocheilopteryx operatrix, is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1] Both the genus and species were first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren, the genus in 1865 and the species five years earlier in 1860.[2][3]
| Colpocheilopteryx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Euteliidae |
| Subfamily: | Euteliinae |
| Genus: | Colpocheilopteryx Wallengren, 1865 |
| Species: | C. operatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Colpocheilopteryx operatrix (Wallengren, 1860) | |
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index considers the generic name to be a synonym of Eutelia.[4]
