Michaelophorus

Michaelophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Michaelophorus
Binomial name
*Michaelophorus* Gielis, 1999
Synonyms
Michaelophorus is the replacement name for Schafferia Gielis, 1993

Michaelophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with neotropical climates. Little is known about the genus' overall ecology.^[1]

Species

Michaelophorus nubilus (type)
Michaelophorus dentiger
Michaelophorus indentatus
Michaelophorus margaritae
Michaelophorus hodgesi
Michaelophorus shafferi
Michaelophorus bahiaensis

References

↑ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)

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