Biology:Poliobotys

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Short description: Genus of moths

Poliobotys
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Margaroniini
Genus: Poliobotys
J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007
Species:
P. ablactalis
Binomial name
Poliobotys ablactalis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Walker, 1859 (Guillermet, 2008)
  • (Walker, 1859) Lamprophaia murinalis
  • Lamprophaia borbonica (Pagenstecher, 1885)
  • Botys ablactalis Lamprophaia ablactalis

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Poliobotys is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jay C. Shaffer and Eugene G. Munroe in 2007. Its single species, Poliobotys ablactalis, was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It occurs throughout South-east Asia, including Réunion, Australia, Hong Kong[3] and Africa (Kenya, Senegal, South Africa).

Subspecies

  • Poliobotys ablactalis ablactalis
  • Poliobotys ablactalis borbonica (Guillermet, 2008) (Réunion)

References

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