Paraphasis

Paraphasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Paraphasis
Species: P. perkinsi
Binomial name
Paraphasis perkinsi
Walsingham in Sharp, 1907

Paraphasis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Tortricidae described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.[1] Its only species, Paraphasis perkinsi, described by the same author in the same year, is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

See also

References

  1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  • Tortricidae.com
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.


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