Urangela

Urangela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Urangela
Busck, 1912
Species: U. pygmaea
Binomial name
Urangela pygmaea
Busck, 1912

Urangela is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by August Busck in 1912. It contains only one species, Urangela pygmaea, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Panama.[1]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Urangela pygmaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Cosmopterigidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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