Ravanoa

Ravanoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Ravanoa Moore, 1885
Species:	R. xiphialis
Binomial name
Ravanoa xiphialis (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Zebronia xiphialisWalker, 1859 Zebronia bilineolalisWalker, [1866]

Ravanoa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. ^[1] It contains only one species, Ravanoa xiphialis, described by Francis Walker in 1859, which is found in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and on Borneo. ^{[2] [3]}

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 (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ravanoa Moore, [1885]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 26, 2018. Note: As of February 2018, Savela has the specific name misspelled as xiphilais.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ravanoa Moore, 1885". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 12, 2020.

External links

• Original description by Walker at: Walker, Francis (1858). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. p. 483 – via Internet Archive.