Petrophila aengusalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[2] It was described by William Schaus in 1924. Its type locality is Rio de Janeiro.[1] The species was transferred from Argyractis to Petrophila in 1995.[3]
| Petrophila aengusalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Petrophila |
| Species: | P. aengusalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrophila aengusalis (Schaus, 1924)
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References edit
- ^ a b Schaus, W. (1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 101–102.
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Heppner, J. B., ed. (1995). Checklist. Part 2: Hyblaeoidea — Pyraloidea — Tortricoidea. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Gainesville, FL: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers. p. 50.