Eurhophaea is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. Its only species, Eurhophaea hyrcanella, is found in Iran.[2]
Eurhophaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Eurhophaea Amsel, 1961[1] |
Species: | E. hyrcanella
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Binomial name | |
Eurhophaea hyrcanella (Amsel, 1954)
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Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
editThe species was described as a subspecies of Eurhodope flavella. It was later raised to specific rank.[3]
References
edit- ^ "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). "Eurhophaea hyrcanella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ "Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2012-01-17.