Deltophora
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| Deltophora | |
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| Deltophora sella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Anomologinae |
| Tribe: | Anomologini |
| Genus: | Deltophora Janse, 1950[1] |
Deltophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was originally described from South Africa and based on a taxonomic revision contains about 20 species on all continents except Antarctica.[2] Host plants of larvae and adults are only known for two Chinese species of Deltophora.[3]
