Sorocaba (moth)

Sorocaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Phiditiidae
Genus: Sorocaba
Moore, 1882
Species:
S. carmelitaria
Binomial name
Sorocaba carmelitaria
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Genus
    • Ceratophora Guenée, 1858 (preocc.)
  • Species
    • Sorocaba anomala Moore, 1882

Sorocaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Phiditiidae. Its only species, Sorocaba carmelitaria, is found in São Paulo, Brazil. The species was described by Guenée in 1857, and the genus by Frederic Moore in 1882.

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