Indomalayia is a monotypic genus of snout moths that was first described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler and Peter Victor Küppers in 1979.[1] Its sole species is Indomalayia flabellifera, originally described by George Hampson in 1896 as Spatulipalpia flabellifera, which is found in India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Fergusson Island and Australia. [2] [3]

Indomalayia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Indomalayia
Roesler & Küppers, 1979
Species:
I. flabellifera
Binomial name
Indomalayia flabellifera
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Spatulipalpia flabellifera Hampson, 1896

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. ^ [Indomalayia Roesler & Küppers, 1979 new to China, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Phycitinae) https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45541421020.pdf]
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Indomalayia Roesler & Küppers, 1979". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2017.