''Phycomorpha'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Copromorphidae
Copromorphidae, the "tropical fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. These moths have broad, rounded forewings, and well-camouflaged scale patterns. Unlike Carposinidae the mouthparts include "labial palps" with the ...
.
Species
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Phycomorpha bryophylla''
Meyrick
Meyrick is a surname and a masculine given name. Meyricke is a variant form.
Surname
* Denzil Meyrick (1965–2025), Scottish novelist
* Edmund Meyrick (1636–1713), Welsh cleric
* Edward Meyrick (1854–1938), English schoolmaster and amateu ...
, 1927
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Phycomorpha escharitis''
Meyrick, 1916
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Phycomorpha metachrysa''
Meyrick, 1914
*''Phycomorpha prasinochroa
''Phycomorpha'' is a genus of moths in the family Copromorphidae.
Species
*'' Phycomorpha bryophylla'' Meyrick
Meyrick is a surname and a masculine given name. Meyricke is a variant form.
Surname
* Denzil Meyrick (1965–2025), Scottish nov ...
'' (Meyrick, 1906) (originally in ''Copromorpha''
Alternatively placed here
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Phycomorpha argophthalma''
Meyrick, 1932 (originally in ''Syncamaris'')
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Phycomorpha chalazombra''
Meyrick, 1938 (originally in ''Spilogenes'')
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Phycomorpha ilyopis''
Meyrick, 1930 (originally in ''Saridacma'')
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Phycomorpha phlyctaenopa''
Meyrick, 1926 (originally in ''Rhopalosetia'')
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Phycomorpha simplex''
Strand, 1915 (originally in ''Rhynchoferella'')
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Phycomorpha syncentra
''Rhynchoferella syncentra'' is a moth of the Copromorphidae family. It is found in Madagascar and South Africa, where it is known from Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng
Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place o ...
''
Meyrick, 1916 (originally in ''Sisyroxena'')
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Copromorphidae
Moth genera
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