Neargyractis moniligeralis

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Neargyractis moniligeralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neargyractis
Species:N. moniligeralis
Binomial name
Neargyractis moniligeralis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta moniligeralisLederer, 1863

Neargyractis moniligeralis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lederer in 1863. [1] It is found Central America, the Antilles and northern South America. [2]

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Crambidae Family of insects

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Julius Lederer (entomologist) Austrian entomologist (1821–1870)

Julius Lederer was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He travelled widely: to Andalusia in 1849 Carinthia with Johann von Hornig (1819–1886) in 1853, İzmir in 1864, Magnesia in 1865, Amasya and Turkey in 1866, Mersin and the Taurus Mountains in 1867, Lebanon in 1868 and the Balkans in 1870).

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moths of Jamaica