Plesiozela patagonica is a species of moth in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Ole Karsholt and Niels P. Kristensen in 2003 and can be found in Argentina.[1][2]

Plesiozela patagonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Plesiozela
Species:
P. patagonica
Binomial name
Plesiozela patagonica

References

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  1. ^ Karsholt, Ole; Kristensen, Niels P. (2003). "Plesiozela, gen. nov. from temperate South America: apparent sister-group of the previously known Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera : Incurvarioidea : Heliozelidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 17 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 39–46. doi:10.1071/IS02047.
  2. ^ Milla, Liz; Moussalli, Adnan; Wilcox, Stephen A.; van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Young, David A.; Halsey, Mike; McConville, Thomas; Jones, Therésa M.; Kallies, Axel; Hilton, Douglas J. (2019). "Phylotranscriptomics resolves phylogeny of the Heliozelidae (Adeloidea: Lepidoptera) and suggests a Late Cretaceous origin in Australia". Systematic Entomology. 45 (1). Royal Entomological Society: 128–143. doi:10.1111/syen.12383. hdl:11343/286225. ISSN 1365-3113.