Macropyralis
Genus of moths
Macropyralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Macropyralis Amsel, 1953[1] |
Species: | M. gigantalis |
Binomial name | |
Macropyralis gigantalis Amsel, 1953 |
Macropyralis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. Its single species, Macropyralis gigantalis, described by the same author, is found in Mauritania.[2]
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macropyralis gigantalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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