Ocnophilella

Ocnophilella is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae[3] described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. Its only species, Ocnophilella autocrypta, described by Edward Meyrick in 1926, was found in Western Cape, South Africa.

Ocnophilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Subfamily:
Tineinae
Genus:
Ocnophilella

Species:
O. autocrypta
Binomial name
Ocnophilella autocrypta
(Meyrick, 1926)[2]
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Hilarochorda Gozmány & Vári, 1973
  • Specific
    • Ocnophila autocrypta Meyrick, 1926

References
Wikispecies has information related to Ocnophilella.
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ocnophilella Fletcher T. B., 1940". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ocnophilella autocrypta (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. "Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae". Archived from the original on 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-30.


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