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Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pyraloidea

Family
Pyralidae

Genus
Parapoynx

Species
fluctuosalis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz (Roque-Albelo, 2006).

References

  • Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Zootaxa 1354: 45-56.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Parapoynx fluctuosalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7286. Accessed 31 October 2026.