Schistomitra

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Schistomitra
S. joelmineti (1-5), S. funeralis (6-8)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epicopeiidae
Genus: Schistomitra
Butler, 1881

Schistomitra is a moth genus in the family Epicopeiidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. The genus was regarded as a monotypic taxon for a long time, however a second species was newly described in 2019.[1]

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  1. ^ Si-Yao Huang; Yuan Zhang; Min Wang; Xiao-Ling Fan (2019). "First record of the genus Schistomitra Butler, 1881 (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae) from China, with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (878): 145–155. doi:10.3897/zookeys.878.35364. PMC 6791896. PMID 31632178.