Acellalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
Genus: | Acellalis Pagenstecher, 1884 [1] |
Species: | A. iridialis |
Binomial name | |
Acellalis iridialis Pagenstecher, 1884 | |
Acellalis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Acellalis iridialis, which is found in Indonesia (Ambon Island).
Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species; most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe.