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Postemmalocera

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Postemmalocera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Anerastiini
Genus: Postemmalocera
Amsel, 1955
Species:
P. palaearctella
Binomial name
Postemmalocera palaearctella
(Turati, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Emmalocera palaearctella Turati, 1917

Postemmalocera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its only species, Postemmalocera palaearctella, described by E. Turati,[1] is found in Italy and on Sicily and Malta.[2]

Illustrations accompanying original description

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]