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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Plesiozela Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Plesiozela nielseni Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 | |
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Plesiozela is genus of moths in the family Incurvariidae. It was described by Ole Karsholt and Niels P. Kristensen in 2003 and initially placed in the family Heliozelidae.
Species
This genus includes the following species:
- Plesiozela nielseni Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 – Argentina, Chile
- Plesiozela patagonica Karsholt & Kristensen, 2003 – Argentina
References
- ^ Karsholt, Ole; Kristensen, Niels P. (2003). "Plesiozela, gen. nov. from temperate South America: apparent sister-group of the previously known Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera : Incurvarioidea : Heliozelidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 17 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 39–46. doi:10.1071/IS02047.
- Milla, Liz; Moussalli, Adnan; Wilcox, Stephen A.; van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Young, David A.; Halsey, Mike; McConville, Thomas; Jones, Therésa M.; Kallies, Axel; Hilton, Douglas J. (2019). "Phylotranscriptomics resolves phylogeny of the Heliozelidae (Adeloidea: Lepidoptera) and suggests a Late Cretaceous origin in Australia". Systematic Entomology. 45 (1). Royal Entomological Society: 128–143. doi:10.1111/syen.12383. hdl:11343/286225. ISSN 1365-3113.
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