Ortholepis pyrobasis

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Ortholepis pyrobasis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ortholepis
Species:
O. pyrobasis
Binomial name
Ortholepis pyrobasis
Balinsky, 1991 [1] [2]

Ortholepis pyrobasis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Boris Balinsky in 1991 and is found in South Africa. [3]

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References

  1. Balinsky, B.I. (1991). "New and inadequately described genera and species of Phycitinae (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera) from southern Africa". South African Journal of Zoology. 26 (3): 93–114. doi: 10.1080/02541858.1991.11448239 .
  2. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  3. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Ortholepis pyrobasis Balinsky, 1991". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.