Ciliocera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its single species, Ciliocera leucosarca, described by Edward Meyrick in 1937, is found in Iraq.[2] Moths of this species fly at a height of 4,000 to 7,000 feet (1,200 to 2,100 m).[1]
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Genus: | Ciliocera |
Species: | C. leucosarca
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Ciliocera leucosarca (Meyrick, 1937)
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References
edit- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Ciliocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms