''Phycomorpha'' is a 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 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 ...
.
Species
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Phycomorpha bryophylla''
Meyrick
Meyrick is a surname and given name. Meyricke is a variant form.
Surname
* Edmund Meyrick (1636–1713), Welsh cleric
* Edward Meyrick (1854–1938), English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist
* Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818–1897), English ...
, 1927
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Phycomorpha escharitis''
Meyrick, 1916
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Phycomorpha metachrysa''
Meyrick, 1914
*'' Phycomorpha prasinochroa'' (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''
Meyrick, 1916 (originally in ''Sisyroxena'')
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Copromorphidae
Moth genera
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