Petrophila aengusalis

Petrophila aengusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Petrophila
Species:	P. aengusalis
Binomial name
	Petrophila aengusalis; (Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
	Argyractis aengusalisSchaus, 1924;

Last updated December 28, 2025

Petrophila aengusalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.^[2] It was described by William Schaus in 1924. Its type locality is Rio de Janeiro.^[1] The species was transferred from Argyractis to Petrophila in 1995.^[3]

References

1 2 Schaus, W. (1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 101–102.
↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
↑ Heppner, J. B., ed. (1995). Checklist. Part 2: Hyblaeoidea — Pyraloidea — Tortricoidea. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Gainesville, FL: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers. p. 50.

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[Schaus,_1924-1] 1 2 Schaus, W. (1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 101–102.

[2] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[Heppner,_1995-3] Heppner, J. B., ed. (1995). Checklist. Part 2: Hyblaeoidea — Pyraloidea — Tortricoidea. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Gainesville, FL: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers. p. 50.

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