| Metoecis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Metoecis Mabille, 1879 |
| Species: | M. carnifex |
| Binomial name | |
| Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metoecis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Paul Mabille in 1879. Its only species, Metoecis carnifex, was described by Charles Coquerel in 1855. [1] It is found on Madagascar and South Africa. [2]
Jean Charles Coquerel was a French navy surgeon, algologist, and entomologist.
Carnifex literally means butcher in Latin and in the history of ancient Rome refers to an executioner. The term was used as a nickname for the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, and his son Pompey was called adulescentulus carnifex 'teenage executioner'
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Amerila bubo is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Amerila rufifemur is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Amsacta marginalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Apisa canescens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania.
Creatonotos punctivitta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Popoudina dorsalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in South Africa.
Popoudina linea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa.
Estigmene trivitta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
Flora Coquerel is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2014. Coquerel had previously been crowned Miss Orléanais 2013, becoming the first woman representing the Centre-Val de Loire region to become Miss France. She later went on to represent France at Miss World 2014 and Miss Universe 2015, placing in the Top 5 at the latter.
Eyralpenus testacea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa.
Metarctia rufescens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
Afromurzinia lutescens is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Negera confusa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
Paraphyllalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Max Gaede in 1927. Its single species, Paraphyllalia degenera, was described Its Francis Walker in 1855 and is found in South Africa.
Gracilanja is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae erected by Thierry Bouyer in 2011. Its single species, Gracilanja gracilis, was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Enolmis desidella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1855. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Libya, Mauritania, Crete, Cyprus and Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Greece.
Austroscolia is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Scoliidae, subfamily Scoliinae. It was formerly classified as a subgenus of Scolia.
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