Arescoptera idiotypa Turner, 1911 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Arescoptera idiotypa Turner, 1911

Arescoptera idiotypa Turner, 1911

Arescoptera is a 1911-described monotypic Australian snout moth genus holding only the species Arescoptera idiotypa.

Family
Genus
Arescoptera
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Arescoptera idiotypa Turner, 1911

Arescoptera is a monotypic snout moth genus that was first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1911. This genus contains only one species: Arescoptera idiotypa, which Turner described in the same 1911 publication. The species is found in Australia, with documented occurrences in New South Wales.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Arescoptera

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