Crassuncus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Tribe: | Oidaematophorini |
Genus: | Crassuncus Gibeaux, 1994 [1] |
Crassuncus is an Afrotropical genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
The genus was erected by C. Gibeaux in 1994 and is currently assigned to tribe Oidaematophorini. [1] Several of its species were originally described in genus Pterophorus . [1]
The genus has an Afrotropical distribution, with species recorded from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and on Madagascar. [1]
As of version 1.1.23.125 [update] , the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Crassuncus: [1]
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