Tretopteryx

{{short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Speciesbox

| parent_authority = Ragonot, 1890{{cite web|url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=World Pyraloidea Database |publisher=Globiz.pyraloidea.org |date= |accessdate=2011-09-29}}

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Tretopteryx

| species = pertusalis

| authority = (Geyer in Hübner, 1832)

| synonyms=

  • Eurrhypis pertusalis Geyer in Hübner, 1832

}}

Tretopteryx is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1890. It contains only one species, Tretopteryx pertusalis, which is found in France, on Crete[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224413/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=442576 Fauna Europaea] and in Turkey and Syria.[http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=359195 Tretopteryx pertusalis - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser]

The wingspan is about 27 mm.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?Tretopteryx_Pertusalis lepiforum.de]

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