Biology:Cristatopalpus

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Short description: Genus of moths

Cristatopalpus
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Cristatopalpus

Bethune-Baker, 1908
Species:
C. olivens
Binomial name
Cristatopalpus olivens
Bethune-Baker, 1908

Cristatopalpus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Cristatopalpus olivens, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908.[1][2]

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Crenotermes Hampson.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1368685 entry