Parotis suralis

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Parotis suralis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Parotis
Species:
P. suralis
Binomial name
Parotis suralis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Chloauges suralisLederer, 1863
  • Glyphodes suralis(Lederer, 1863)
  • Margaronia woodfordiiButler, 1885

Parotis suralis is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found around the west Pacific Rim, including the Chagos Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the tropical far north of Queensland.


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