Camptopsestis
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Monotypic moth genus in family Drepanidae
| Camptopsestis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Subfamily: | Thyatirinae |
| Genus: | Camptopsestis Yoshimoto, 1983 |
| Species: | C. malayana
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| Binomial name | |
| Camptopsestis malayana Yoshimoto, 1983
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Camptopsestis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae described by Yoshimoto in 1983.[1] Its only species, Camptopsestis malayana, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of peat swamp forests and lowland to high montane areas.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Camptopsestis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Camptopsestis Yoshimoto, 1983". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ Moth Diversity at Sebangau Peat Swamp and Busang River Secondary Rain Forest, Central Kalimantan
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