Cotaena
Cotaena is a genus of sedge moths originally described by Francis Walker in 1865.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Genus: | Cotaena Walker, 1865 |
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Taxonomy
The genus was originally described in the Aegeriidae (=Sesiidae), transferred to the Heliodinidae by Edward Meyrick, to the Schreckensteiniidae by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, to the Heliodinidae by Clas Michael Naumann and finally to the Glyphipterigidae by John B. Heppner and W. Donald Duckworth.[1]
Species
- Cotaena magnifica Sohn & Heppner, 2015 (from Brazil)
- Cotaena mediana Walker, 1864 (Amazon basin)
- Cotaena plenella (Busck, 1914) (from Panama)
- Cotaena phlegyropa (Meyrick, 1915) (from Guyana and French Guyana)
- Cotaena tchalla Sohn & Heppner, 2015 (from Brazil)
References
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