Polydactylos

Polydactylos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Polydactylos
Mell, 1942
Species: P. aprilinus
Binomial name
Polydactylos aprilinus
Mell, 1942

Polydactylos is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae described by Mell in 1942.[1] Its only species, Polydactylos aprilinus, was described in the same paper.[2] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Guangdong and Hainan and in Vietnam.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polydactylos". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polydactylos aprilinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  3. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1.


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