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Sericostola

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Sericostola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Glyphipterigidae
Genus: Sericostola
Meyrick, 1927

Sericostola is a genus of sedge moths described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.

Taxonomy

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The genus was included in the Plutellidae by Fletcher in 1929 but was transferred to the Glyphipterigidae by John B. Heppner in 1984.[1][2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Heppner, J. B., ed. (1984). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Checklist: Part 1 Micropterigoidea - Immoidea. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. xvi, 54. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-6533-1. ISBN 978-94-009-6533-1.
  2. ^ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species
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