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Adelperga cordubensiella

(Adelperga cordubensiella)

Description

Adelperga is a monotypic snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. It contains the species Adelperga cordubensiella, which was originally described as Heterographis cordubensiella by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888. It is known from Argentina.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pyralidae
Genus:Adelperga
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