Leptoses is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Jean Ghesquière in 1942.[1] Its only species, Leptoses sophronicos, described by the same author in the same year, is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (including Elisabethville, the type location).
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Genus: | Leptoses Ghesquière, 1942
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Species: | L. sophronicos
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Leptoses sophronicos Ghesquière, 1942
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References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.