Iressa (moth)

Genus of moths

Iressa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Arthropoda

Class:  |

Insecta

Order:  |

Lepidoptera

Division:  |

Ditrysia

Superfamily:  |

Gelechioidea

Family:  |

Cosmopterigidae

Subfamily:  |

Cosmopteriginae

Genus:  |

Iressa

J.F.G.Clarke, 1971

Iressa is a genus of cosmet moths (family Cosmopterigidae). It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae.

They are characterized mainly by their wing venation: in the forewings, vein 1b is not forked and veins 2-4 are separate, while veins 6-8 are not; veins 6 and 7 are stalked and arise from vein 8. In addition, the scape is short and bears a comb.[1]

This genus contains only 3 known species:

* Iressa microsema J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
* Iressa neoleuca J.F.G.Clarke, 1971
* Iressa triformis (Meyrick 1927)

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ Clarke (1986)

## References[edit]

* Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6069409
* Wikispecies: Iressa
* ButMoth: 14758.0
* CoL: 92CGP
* EoL: 94845
* GBIF: 1842037
* IRMNG: 1019047
* LepIndex: 113379

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