Pteropygme

Pteropygme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Subfamily:	Heliodinidae
Genus:	Pteropygme; Speiser, 1902
Species:	P. pyrrha
Binomial name
	Pteropygme pyrrha; (Pagenstecher, 1900)
Synonyms
	Synaphia Pagenstecher, 1900; Synaphia pyrrha Pagenstecher, 1900; Persicoptila pyrrha;

Pteropygme is a genus of moths of the family Heliodinidae. It contains only one species, Pteropygme pyrrha, which is found on the Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pteropygme pyrrha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pteropygme pyrrha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.