Afropsipyla

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Afropsipyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Afropsipyla
Balinsky, 1994 [1]

Afropsipyla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Boris Balinsky in 1994. [1] It contains the species A. pictella from Namibia and A. similis from South Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-07.