Chiropsestis

Chiropsestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Chiropsestis; László, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2001
Species:	C. rubrocinerea
Binomial name
	Chiropsestis rubrocinerea; László, G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2001

Chiropsestis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae. Its only species, Chiropsestis rubrocinerea, is found in Vietnam[1] and Hainan, China.[2] Both the genus and the species were described by Gyula M. László, Gábor Ronkay and László Aladár Ronkay in 2001.

References

László, Gy.; Ronkay, G. & Ronkay, L. (2001). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 47 (1): 27-85.
Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.

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[1] László, Gy.; Ronkay, G. & Ronkay, L. (2001). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 47 (1): 27-85.

[2] Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.