Biology:Elasmopalpus

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Short description: Genus of moths

Elasmopalpus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Elasmopalpus

Elasmopalpus is a snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae described by Émile Blanchard in 1852. The genus is restricted to the Americas and currently comprises three species:[1] the type species E. angustellus, described by Blanchard together with the genus, E. corrientellus Ragonot, 1888, and E. lignosellus (Zeller, 1848), a pest species of Poaceae and Fabaceae crops that is widespread throughout the Americas. Elasmopalpus is considered to be closely related to the genus Ufa.[2]:170

References

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  2. Heinrich, Carl (1956). "American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (Washington, D.C.) 207: i–viii, 1–581. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/30425/1956_Bulletin_1-581.pdf. 

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