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Parapoynx fluctuosalis

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Parapoynx fluctuosalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Parapoynx
Species:
P. fluctuosalis
Binomial name
Parapoynx fluctuosalis
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Nymphula fluctuosalis Zeller, 1852
  • Paraponyx fluctuosalis
  • Parapoynx linealis Guenée, 1854
  • Oligostigma curta Butler, 1879
  • Oligostigma chrysippusalis Walker, 1859
  • Oligostigma obitalis Walker, 1859
  • Nymphula luteivittalis Mabille, 1880
  • Paraponyx cryzalis Wood-Mason, 1885
  • Paraponyx oryzalis Wood-Mason, 1885
  • Paraponyx rugosalis Möschler, 1890
  • Nymphula circealis Walker, 1859[1]

Parapoynx fluctuosalis or Fluctuating China-mark or Waved China-mark, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Guam, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and the Galápagos Islands. It is also an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded from Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and Sardinia.

Adults are sexually dimorphic, with a variable colouration of the wings.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Parapoynx fluctuosalis fluctuosalis (Africa)
  • Parapoynx fluctuosalis linealis Guenée, 1854 (Asia)

References

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  1. ^ Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-986-3.
  2. ^ Landry, B. & L. Roque-Albelo, 2006, "The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador". Zootaxa. 1354: 45-56.
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