''Plesiozela'' is genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the

Heliozelidae A family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae are small, metallic day-flying moths with shiny smooth heads. In Europe the small adult moths (genera ''Antispila'' and ''Heliozela'') are seldom noticed as they fly qu ...

family. It was described by Ole Karsholt and Niels P. Kristensen in 2003.Plesiozela, gen. nov from temperate South America: apparent sister-group of the previously known Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera : Incurvarioidea : Heliozelidae)
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Species

* '' Plesiozela nielseni'' * '' Plesiozela patagonica''

References

Heliozelidae Adeloidea genera {{Heliozelidae-stub