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Minooa

Minooa is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hiroshi Yamanaka in 1996. Its only species, Minooa yamamotoi, described in the same publication, is known from Osaka, Japan, where it was described from Minoo Park.

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Minooa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Pyralinae
Genus: Minooa
Yamanaka, 1996
Species:
M. yamamotoi
Binomial name
Minooa yamamotoi
Yamanaka, 1996

Minooa is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hiroshi Yamanaka in 1996. Its only species, Minooa yamamotoi, described in the same publication, is known from Osaka, Japan, where it was described from Minoo Park.1

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 27, 2017.