Eurhophaea

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Eurhophaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Eurhophaea
Amsel, 1961 [1]
Species:
E. hyrcanella
Binomial name
Eurhophaea hyrcanella
(Amsel, 1954)
Synonyms
  • Eurhodope hyrcanellaAmsel, 1954

Eurhophaea is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. Its only species, Eurhophaea hyrcanella, is found in Iran. [2]

Taxonomy

The species was described as a subspecies of Eurhodope flavella . It was later raised to specific rank. [3]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eurhophaea hyrcanella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  3. "Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2012-01-17.