Plesiozela is genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Ole Karsholt and Niels P. Kristensen in 2003 and initially placed in the family Heliozelidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Plesiozela Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Plesiozela nielseni Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003
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Species
editThis genus includes the following species:[1]
- Plesiozela nielseni Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 – Argentina, Chile
- Plesiozela patagonica Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 – Argentina
References
edit- ^ a b Karsholt, Ole; Kristensen, Niels P. (2003). "Plesiozela, gen. nov. from temperate South America: apparent sister-group of the previously known Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera : Incurvarioidea : Heliozelidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 17 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 39–46. doi:10.1071/IS02047.
- ^ Milla, Liz; Moussalli, Adnan; Wilcox, Stephen A.; van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Young, David A.; Halsey, Mike; McConville, Thomas; Jones, Therésa M.; Kallies, Axel; Hilton, Douglas J. (2019). "Phylotranscriptomics resolves phylogeny of the Heliozelidae (Adeloidea: Lepidoptera) and suggests a Late Cretaceous origin in Australia". Systematic Entomology. 45 (1). Royal Entomological Society: 128–143. doi:10.1111/syen.12383. hdl:11343/286225. ISSN 1365-3113.
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