| Pediasia altaica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pediasia |
| Species: | P. altaica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pediasia altaica (Staudinger, 1899) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pediasia altaica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1899. [1] It is found in Asia, where it has been recorded Sajan, Irkutsk, Amur, Altai, Tannu-Ola, Kentei and Minussinsk. [2]
Hermann Staudinger was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Otto Staudinger was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and individuals.
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Pediasia aridella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1788 and is found in Europe. There are three recognised subspecies.
Pediasia fascelinella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1813 and is found in Europe.
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Pediasia contaminella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. It is found in almost all of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, the Kopet Dagh and Minusinsk.
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