Hyperoptica
Monotypic moth genus in family Xyloryctidae
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Hyperoptica ptilocentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Hyperoptica. The genus and species were both described by Edward Meyrick in 1934 and are found in China.[1]
| Hyperoptica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Hyperoptica Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1934 |
| Species: | H. ptilocentra |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyperoptica ptilocentra Meyrick, 1934 | |