Parancyla is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1919. Its single species, Parancyla argyrothysana, described in the same article, is found in Malawi's Mount Mulanje.[2]
Parancyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Parancyla Hampson, 1919[1] |
Species: | P. argyrothysana
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Binomial name | |
Parancyla argyrothysana Hampson, 1919
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References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Parancyla Hampson, 1919". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.