Parafrasura

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Parafrasura
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Parafrasura

Durante, 2012
Species:
P. pectinella
Binomial name
Parafrasura pectinella
Strand, 1922,
Type species
Asura pectinella
Strand, 1922
Synonyms
  • Asura pectinataBethune-Baker, 1911 (preocc.)

Parafrasura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Antonio Durante in 2012. Its only species, Parafrasura pectinella, was first described by Embrik Strand in 1922. It is known from Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. [1]

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