Balanomis

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Balanomis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Balanomis
Meyrick, 1887 [1]
Species:
B. encyclia
Binomial name
Balanomis encyclia
Meyrick, 1887 [2]

Balanomis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. Its single species, described in the same publication, Balanomis encyclia, is found in Australia, including New South Wales. This species has also been introduced to New Zealand. [3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. "Balanomis Meyrick, 1887" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  3. RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist . 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN   1320-6133. Wikidata   Q110305107.