Denisia

For the trilobite genus invalidly described by Clark in 1924, see Theodenisia. For the springtail genus invalidly described by Folsom in 1932, see Isotomiella.
Denisia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Denisia
Hübner, 1825
Type species
Phalaena stipella
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Blepharocera Chambers, 1877 (non Agassiz, 1846: preoccupied)
Borkhausenia (auct. non Hübner, [1825]: misidentified)
Chambersia Riley, 1891

Denisia is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It was originally established as a subgenus of Borkhausenia.[1]

Selected species

Species of Denisia include:[2]

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
  2. FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)

References


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