Parafrasura

Parafrasura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Parafrasura
Durante, 2012
Type species
Asura pectinella
Strand, 1922
Synonyms
  • Asura pectinata Bethune-Baker, 1911 (preocc.)

Parafrasura is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from Africa. It is known from Angola, Tchad, Congo and Cameroon.

The only species in this genus is Parafrasura pectinella Strand, 1922, which is similar to Afrasura and Tumicla.[1]

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