Anthopteryx is a monotypic snout moth described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr., an American entomologist, in 1914. Its single species, Anthopteryx irichampa, described in the same publication,[1] is found in Panama.[2]

Anthopteryx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Anthopteryx
Dyar, 1914[1]
Species:
A. irichampa
Binomial name
Anthopteryx irichampa
Dyar, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Anthopteryx Dyar, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  3. "Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone". Retrieved 2011-10-07.