Stegothyris

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Stegothyris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Genus: Stegothyris
Lederer, 1863 [1]
Species:
S. fasciculalis
Binomial name
Stegothyris fasciculalis
(Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Stenia fasciculalisZeller, 1852
  • Stegothyris fascicularisPagenstecher, 1907

Stegothyris is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Stegothyris fasciculalis, which is found in Madagascar and South Africa. [2]

Holotype

The holotype of 'Stenia fasciculalis'Zeller, 1852 is illustrated on the web pages of Swedish Museum of Natural History.

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Afro Moths