Hymenia

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Hymenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Hymenia
Hübner, 1825 [1]
Synonyms
  • ZinckeniaZeller, 1852

Hymenia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Species

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-17.