Chrysocatharylla lucasi

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Chrysocatharylla lucasi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Calamotrophini
Genus: Chrysocatharylla
Species:
C. lucasi
Binomial name
Chrysocatharylla lucasi
(Schouten, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Chrysocatharylla lucasi bathurstellaBassi, 1999

Chrysocatharylla lucasi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schouten in 1994. [1] It is found in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. [2]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. "Chrysocatharylla lucasi (Schouten, 1994)". Afro Moths. Retrieved February 23, 2015.