Alexotypa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Carposinoidea

Familia: Carposinidae
Genus: Alexotypa
Species: A. japonica
Name

Alexotypa Diakonoff, 1989

Type species: Propedesis japonica Walsingham, 1900. ? by original designation/monotypy.
References

Li, H.H., Wang, Y.R., Dong, J.Z. 2001: Systematic notes on Carposinidae of China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Copromorphoidea). Acta Zootaxonomia Sinica 26(1): 61–73. Reference page.

Alexotypa is a genus of moths in the Carposinidae family.
Species

Alexotypa caradjai Diakonoff, 1989
Alexotypa japonica (Walsingham, 1900) (originally in Propedesis)
Alexotypa vitiata (Meyrick, 1913) (originally in Meridarchis)

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog