Biology:Geropaschia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Geropaschia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Epipaschiinae
Genus: Geropaschia
Hampson, 1917
Species:
G. grisealis
Binomial name
Geropaschia grisealis
(Hampson, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Genus:
    • Araeopaschia Hampson, 1916
  • Species:
    • Araeopaschia grisealis Hampson, 1916

Geropaschia is a monotypic snout moth genus.[1] Its only species, Geropaschia grisealis, is found in Brazil . The genus was described by George Hampson in 1917Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Geropaschia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=14226.  and the species had been described by the same author one year earlier.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5552457 entry