''Gillmeria'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Pterophoridae. The genus was described by the
English
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schoolteacher and
entomologist
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James William Tutt in 1905.
Species
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Gillmeria albertae
''Gillmeria albertae'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae Species description, first described by William Barnes (entomologist), William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is known from the mountains of Alberta near Banff, Alberta, Ban ...
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Gillmeria armeniaca''
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Gillmeria irakella''
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Gillmeria macrornis''
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Gillmeria melanoschista''
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Gillmeria miantodactylus''
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Gillmeria omissalis''
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Gillmeria pallidactyla
''Gillmeria pallidactyla'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It has a Holarctic distribution and is widespread throughout North America and the Palearctic.
Descripti ...
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Gillmeria rhusiodactyla''
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Gillmeria scutata''
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Gillmeria stenoptiloides''
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Gillmeria tetradactyla
''Gillmeria ochrodactyla'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by the Austrian entomologists, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Description
The species was known as ''Gillmeria t ...
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Gillmeria vesta''
References
Platyptiliini
Moth genera
Taxa named by J. W. Tutt
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