Crassuncus pacifica

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Crassuncus pacifica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Crassuncus
Species:
C. pacifica
Binomial name
Crassuncus pacifica
(Meyrick, 1911) [1]
Synonyms
  • Marasmarcha pacificaMeyrick, 1911
  • Hellinsia pacifica
  • Pterophorus ambitiosusMeyrick, 1911
  • Pterophorus purusMeyrick, 1913
  • Hellinsia purus(Meyrick, 1913)

Crassuncus pacifica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Malawi. [2]

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