Macropyralis

Macropyralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Macropyralis
Amsel, 1953[1]
Species: M. gigantalis
Binomial name
Macropyralis gigantalis
Amsel, 1953

Macropyralis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. Its single species, Macropyralis gigantalis, described by the same author, is found in Mauritania.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macropyralis gigantalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.


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