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Paraphasis

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

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Paraphasis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Archipini
Genus: Paraphasis
Walsingham, 1907
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.

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References

References

  1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
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