Despina rhodosema is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Despina erected by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1][2]
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| Genus: | Despina Clarke, 1978
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| Species: | D. rhodosema
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| Despina rhodosema (Meyrick, 1931)
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References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 15, 2015). "Despina Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 44.
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