Snellenia flavipennis

Snellenia flavipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Snellenia
Species: S. flavipennis
Binomial name
Snellenia flavipennis
(R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Eretmocera flavipennis R. Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Pseudaegeria flavipennis

Snellenia flavipennis is a species of moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by R. Felder and Rogenhofer in 1875.

Taxonomy

The species was described from a specimen of dubious provenance ["Amer. ?"]. Walsingham concluded it is closely related to Snellenia sesioides (now considered a synonym of Snellenia lineata) from Australia.[1] Hence Becker (1984) considered that the original specimen, which is presumably lost, may have come from Australia. Previously, it was thought to be Neotropical. The status of the species is currently unknown.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Family reassignments and synonymy of some taxa of Neotropical Microlepidoptera
  2. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory


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