Trichocirca

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Trichocirca
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Trichocirca

Meyrick, 1920
Species:
T. tyrota
Binomial name
Trichocirca tyrota
Meyrick, 1920[1]

Trichocirca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. Its only species, Trichocirca tyrota, described in the same publication, is known from Kenya.

Taxonomy[edit]

Trichocirca was included in the Yponomeutidae by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1929. It was transferred to the Choreutidae on the advice of the late Jorma Kyrki of Finland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved April 4, 2018.