Parathrausta

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Parathrausta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Nomophilini
Genus: Parathrausta
Seizmair, 2024 [1]

Parathrausta is a genus of moths of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Michael Seizmair in 2024. [2]

The species of Parathrausta seem to be distributed in the drier savannah belt south of the Sahara and continuing in the southern Arabian Peninsula. [3]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2025). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)" . Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  2. 1 2 Seizmair, Michael (2024). "Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): A new genus in the tribe Nomophilini Kuznetzov & Stekolnikov 1979 based on morphology and DNA barcoding". Advances in Entomology. 12 (3): 155–169. doi: 10.4236/ae.2024.123012 .
  3. 1 2 3 Maes, Koen V. N. (2025). "Studies on Crambidae VIII: New species from the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)". Metamorphosis. 36. Knysna, South Africa: 33–46. doi: 10.4314/met.v36i1.7 (inactive 26 July 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
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