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Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Parapoynx fluctuosalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Parapoynx |
Species: | P. fluctuosalis |
Binomial name | |
Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Meyrick, 1899) | |
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Adults are sexually dimorphic, with a variable colouration of the wings.[2]
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