Anthopteryx is a monotypic snout moth described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr., an American entomologist, in 1914. Its single species, Anthopteryx irichampa, described in the same publication,[1] is found in Panama.[2]

Anthopteryx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Anthopteryx
Dyar, 1914[1]
Species:
A. irichampa
Binomial name
Anthopteryx irichampa
Dyar, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Anthopteryx Dyar, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone". Retrieved 2011-10-07.