| Cyllaraxis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Cyllaraxis Gozmány in Gaedike, 2000 |
| Species: | C. cambyses |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyllaraxis cambyses Gozmány, 2000 | |
Cyllaraxis is a moth genus in the family Autostichidae. It contains the species Cyllaraxis cambyses, [1] which is found in Iran. [2]
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea.