Paraporthesia

Paraporthesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Lymantriini
Genus:	Paraporthesia ; Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986
Species:	P. indica
Binomial name
	Paraporthesia indica; Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986

Last updated May 31, 2025

Paraporthesia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Paraporthesia indica, is found in India. Both the genus and the species were first described by S. L. Gupta, S. I. Farooqi and H. S. Chaudhary in 1986.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Savela, Markku (May 13, 2011). "Paraporthesia Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Paraporthesia Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved April 5, 2020.

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[1] Savela, Markku (May 13, 2011). "Paraporthesia Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

[2] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Paraporthesia Gupta, Farooqi & Chaudhary, 1986". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved April 5, 2020.

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