Elasmopalpus corrientellus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
Genus: | Elasmopalpus |
Species: | E. corrientellus
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Binomial name | |
Elasmopalpus corrientellus |
Elasmopalpus corrientellus is a species of snout moths in the diverse subfamily Phycitinae.[1] It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888 from a female specimen collected in the eponymous city of Corrientes in Northern Argentina.[2]: 23 The species is considered misplaced in Elasmopalpus, but it is currently not clear to which genus it should be transferred.[3]: 312