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Prooedema

Prooedema is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson. Its only species, Prooedema inscisalis, described by Francis Walker in 1865, is found in India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland.

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Prooedema
Prooedema inscisalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Prooedema
Hampson, 1896
Species:
P. inscisalis
Binomial name
Prooedema inscisalis
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Botys inscisale Hampson, 1896

Prooedema is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson.1 Its only species, Prooedema inscisalis, described by Francis Walker in 1865, is found in India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia,23 where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland.

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References

  1. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Prooedema Hampson, 1896". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2019). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. "Taxonomy Browser: Prooedema inscisalis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved 19 June 2018.