Mystogenes

Genus of tortrix moths

Mystogenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Subfamily:	Olethreutinae
Genus:	Mystogenes Meyrick, 1930
Species:	Mystogenes astatopa Meyrick, 1930

Mystogenes is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.^[1]

Description

This genus presently only contains one species Mystogenes astatopa Meyrick, 1930 described from Mauritius that has a wingspan of 12mm.^[2]

^ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
^ Meyrick E. 1930c. Microlepidoptera of Mauritius. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 78(2):309–323.