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Genus Glyphipterix

Sedge Moth and Crab Spider - Glyphipterix circumscriptella unknown moth - Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata Glyphipterix bifasciata ? - Glyphipterix bifasciata Micropterigoidea - Tineoidea   Phyllonorycter? - Glyphipterix Glyphipterix circumscriptella Glyphipterix circumscriptella Moth - Glyphipterix sistes Moonwalking Moth - Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Glyphipterigidae (Sedge and False Diamondback Moths)
Subfamily Glyphipteriginae (Sedge Moths)
Genus Glyphipterix
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Glyphipterix Hübner, [1825]
Heribeia Stephens, 1829
Aechmia Treitschke, 1833
Anacampsoides Bruand, [1851]
Apistomorpha Meyrick, 1880
Phryganostola Meyrick, 1880
Circica Meyrick, 1888
Diploschizia Heppner, 1981
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Glyphipterix is Greek meaning "notched wing." (1)
Print References
Hübner, J. [1825]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. 421
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.