Parapoynx fluctuosalis
Species of moth
| Parapoynx fluctuosalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Parapoynx |
| Species: | P. fluctuosalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Meyrick, 1899) | |
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Parapoynx fluctuosalis or Fluctuating China-mark or Waved China-mark, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Guam, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and the Galápagos Islands. It is also an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded from Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and Sardinia.
Adults are sexually dimorphic, with a variable colouration of the wings.[2]
Subspecies
- Parapoynx fluctuosalis fluctuosalis (Africa)
- Parapoynx fluctuosalis linealis Guenée, 1854 (Asia)
References
- ^ Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-986-3.
- ^ Landry, B. & L. Roque-Albelo, 2006, "The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador". Zootaxa. 1354: 45-56.
External links
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
- Parapoynx fluctuosalis. CSIRO - Australian Moths Online. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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