Ptyoptila is a monotypic moth genus of the family Oecophoridae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946.[1] Its only species, Ptyoptila matutinella, was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[2] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Ptyoptila Turner, 1946 |
| Species: | P. matutinella
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| Ptyoptila matutinella (Walker, 1864)
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptyoptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptyoptila matutinella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
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