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Diaphragmistis

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Diaphragmistis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Diaphragmistis
Meyrick, 1914
Type species
Diaphragmistis macroglena
Meyrick, 1914
Species

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Diaphragmistis is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. It was described in 1914 by Edward Meyrick, with Diaphragmistis macroglena from India as the type species. Two additional species, D. trapezia and D. ventiprocessa were discovered in China in 2013.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Jin, Qing; Fan, Ximei; Wang, Shuxia (October 2013). "Genus Diaphragmistis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) New to China, with Descriptions of Two New Species". Entomological News. 123 (3): 237–240. doi:10.3157/021.123.0310. ISSN 0013-872X.