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(Redirected from Asura pectinata) Genus of moths

Parafrasura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Parafrasura
Durante, 2012
Species: P. pectinella
Binomial name
Parafrasura pectinella
Strand, 1922
Synonyms
  • Asura pectinata Bethune-Baker, 1911 (preocc.)

Parafrasura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Antonio Durante in 2012. Its only species, Parafrasura pectinella, was first described by Embrik Strand in 1922. It is known from Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

References

  1. Durante, A. (2012). "New genera and problematic species in African Lithosiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 22: 1–16.
Taxon identifiers
Parafrasura


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