Empedaula
Sign in to saveEmpedaula is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, similar to Aristotelia. It is found in South America and Asia and was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick in the periodical Exotic Microlepidoptera. The type specimen is Empedaula insipiens.
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Empedaula is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, similar to Aristotelia. It is found in South America and Asia and was first described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick in the periodical Exotic Microlepidoptera. The type specimen is Empedaula insipiens.
==Species== Empedaula insipiens Meyrick, 1918 Empedaula phanerozona Meyrick, 1922 Empedaula rhodocosma (Meyrick, 1914)
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