Vihualpenia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. It contains only one species, Vihualpenia lithraeophaga, which is found in southern central Chile.

Vihualpenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Acrocercopinae
Genus: Vihualpenia
Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013
Species:
V. lithraeophaga
Binomial name
Vihualpenia lithraeophaga
(Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013)
Synonyms
  • Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013 (preocc.)
  • Hualpenia lithraeophaga Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013

The length of the forewings is 1.0–1.1 mm .[1][2]

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