Ocnophilella

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Ocnophilella is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae[3] described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. Its only species, Ocnophilella autocrypta, described by Edward Meyrick in 1926, was found in Western Cape, South Africa.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Tineidae
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Ocnophilella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Tineinae
Genus: Ocnophilella
T. B. Fletcher, 1940[1]
Species:
O. autocrypta
Binomial name
Ocnophilella autocrypta
(Meyrick, 1926)[2]
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Hilarochorda Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Specific
    • Ocnophila autocrypta Meyrick, 1926
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