Caphys

Caphys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Caphys
Walker, 1863[1][2]
Type species
Caphys bilinea
Walker, 1863 [3]
Synonyms
  • Ugra Walker, 1863
  • Euexippe Ragonot, 1891

Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Walker, in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea,[4] a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata.

Species

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. "Caphys at funet". Nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  3. Caphys at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
  4. Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 14 November 2012.


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