Tretopteryx

Tretopteryx is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1890. It contains only one species, Tretopteryx pertusalis, which is found in France, on Crete and in Turkey and Syria.

Tretopteryx
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Tretopteryx
Ragonot, 1890
Species:
T. pertusalis
Binomial name
Tretopteryx pertusalis
(Geyer in Hübner, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Eurrhypis pertusalis Geyer in Hübner, 1832

The wingspan is about 27 mm.

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