Tmetoptera is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Tmetoptera phryganeoides, which is found in Brazil.[1]

Tmetoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Tmetoptera
Felder, 1874
Species:
T. phryganeoides
Binomial name
Tmetoptera phryganeoides
Felder, 1874
Synonyms
  • Tmetoptera phryganoides Hampson, 1900

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tmetoptera phryganeoides​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.