Microzestis

Microzestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Subfamily:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Microzestis Meyrick, 1929
Species:	M. inelegans
Binomial name
Microzestis inelegans Meyrick, 1929

Microzestis is a gelechioid moth genus usually placed in the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae); its exact relationships are not yet resolved however. Only a single species is known, Microzestis inelegans. It occurs in the Marquesas Islands of Polynesia and is notable for the unusual habits of its caterpillars.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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