Pseudopagyda

Pseudopagyda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Pseudopagyda Slamka, 2013
Species:	P. homoculorum
Binomial name
Pseudopagyda homoculorum (Bänziger, 1995)
Synonyms
Microstega homoculorumBänziger, 1995 [1] Paratalanta homoculorum

Pseudopagyda is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae. It contains three species: ^[2]

• Pseudopagyda acutangulata  
• Pseudopagyda homoculorum  
• Pseudopagyda ingentalis

It is found in Thailand ^[3] and Yunnan (China). Males drink tears of various mammals, including humans. ^[1]

References

1. Bänziger, Hans (1995). "Microstega homoculorum sp. n. – the most frequently observed lachryphagous moth of man (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae: Pyraustinae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 102: 265–276. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.80465 .
2. taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Pseudopagyda)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
3. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

Sources

• Chen, Kai; Zhang, Dan-Dan (2017). "Revision of the genus Pseudopagyda Slamka，2013 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) with the first reported females". Journal of Environmental Entomology. 39 (3): 580–587. ISSN   1674-0858.
• Chen, Kai; Zhang, Dandan; Li, Houhun (2018-11-28). "Systematics of the new genus Spinosuncus Chen, Zhang & Li with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae)". ZooKeys (799): 115–151. Bibcode:2018ZooK..799..115C. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.799.23925 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   6281707 . PMID   30532620.