Trichocirca
Genus of moths
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Trichocirca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. Its only species, Trichocirca tyrota, described in the same publication, is known from Kenya, Kilimanjaro and Bismarckhügel.
| Trichocirca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Choreutidae |
| Genus: | Trichocirca Meyrick, 1920 |
| Species: | T. tyrota |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920[1] | |
It is described as having a wingspan of 17-20 mm that excludes it actually from Choreutidae, as these species are smaller. Meyrick included it to Yponomeutinae[2]
Taxonomy
Trichocirca was included in the Yponomeutidae by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1929. It was transferred to the Choreutidae on the advice of the late Jorma Kyrki of Finland.
