Paralypusa
| Paralypusa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lypusidae |
| Subfamily: | Lypusinae |
| Genus: | Paralypusa Lvovsky, 2012 |
| Species: | P. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralypusa chinensis (Lvovsky, 2010) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Paralypusa chinensis is a small moth in the family Lypusidae.[1] It is the only species in the genus Paralypusa.[2] It was found in eastern China in Zhejiang province.[3]
Taxonomy
It was described by Alexandr L. Lvovsky in 2010 in the genus Pseudatemelia of the family Amphisbatidae as P. chinensis.[1][4] He reclassified it in a new monotypic genus Paralypusa two years later.[3]
Etymology
The generic name indicates the affinity to the genus Lypusa.[3]
Description
References
- 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (30 August 2014). "Paralypusa Lvovsky, 2012". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ "Paralypusa Lvovsky, 2012". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Lvovsky, A. L. (25 July 2012). "Paralypusa, a new genus of the family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from China" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 21 (1): 169–172.
- 1 2 Lvovsky, A. L. (2010). "A new species of the genus Pseudatemelia Rebel, 1910 from China (Lepidoptera, Amphisbatidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. 41 (1/2): 273–274. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
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