Leptoses
Genus of moths
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Leptoses is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Jean Ghesquière in 1942.[1] Its only species, Leptoses sophronicos, described by the same author in the same year, is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (including Elisabethville, the type location).
| Leptoses | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Epipaschiinae |
| Genus: | Leptoses Ghesquière, 1942 |
| Species: | L. sophronicos |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptoses sophronicos Ghesquière, 1942 | |
