Leptodeuterocopus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was erected in 1910 by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, and has Leptodeuterocopus citrogaster as type species.[1] Several of its species were originally described in genera Deuterocopus or Oxyptilus.[1]

Leptodeuterocopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Fletcher, 1910

Species edit

As of version 1.1.23.125, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Leptodeuterocopus:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 10 May 2023.