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Betousa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Betousa
Walker, 1865
Species: B. dilecta
Binomial name
Betousa dilecta
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Neothyris Warren, 1899
  • Specific
    • Siculodes gigantea Pagenstecher, 1896
    • Neothyris aspirans Warren, 1899
    • Hypolamprus cossoides Warren, 1899
    • Omphisa ingens Hampson, 1899

Betousa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. Its only species, Betousa dilecta, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found on the Moluccas, Woodlark Island, St. Aignan, Ternate and Fergusson Island.

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Betousa Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Betousa dilecta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Betousa


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