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Gyrtona
Sign in to saveGyrtona is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Euteliidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Australia
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Gyrtona is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
==Description== Similar to Stictoptera, differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Antennae with long cilia in male and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with slightly raised tufts at middle and end of cell.
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