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Petalostomella

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Petalostomella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Petalostomella
T. B. Fletcher, 1940
Species:
P. lygrodes
Binomial name
Petalostomella lygrodes
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Petalostoma Meyrick, 1931 (preocc. Lidth de Jeude, 1829)
  • Petalostoma lygrodes Meyrick, 1931

Petalostomella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. It contains the species Petalostomella lygrodes, described by Edward Meyrick in 1940, which is found in Assam, India.[1]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Petalostomella Fletcher, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2018.