Phthinocola

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Tineidae
Phthinocola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Phthinocola
Meyrick, 1886

Phthinocola is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1]

This genus contains only one species: Phthinocola dochmia Meyrick, which was described in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London by lepidopterist Edward Meyrick in 1886.[2] This species is found in Tonga.[3] It has a wingspan of 9mm.

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