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Nepticuloidea
Menurella Hoare in Hoare & van Nieukerken, 2013
Nomenclature
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Superfamily: NepticuloideaFamily: Nepticulidae
Genus:
Menurella Hoare in Hoare & van Nieukerken, 2013
Usage:
valid
Type information:
Pectinivalva scotodes Hoare, 2013
Etymology:
The subgeneric name is the diminutive of Menura, the genus to which the lyre-bird belongs. It stems from a fancied resemblance between the uncus in some species of the group and the tail of the male lyre-bird. It should be treated as feminine.