Neopediasia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Masao Okano in 1962. Its only species, Neopediasia mixtalis, described by Francis Walker in 1863, is found in the Russian Far East, China (Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Shandong, Gansu, Jiangsu, Manchuria), Korea and Japan.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Crambini |
Genus: | Neopediasia Okano, 1962[1] |
Species: | N. mixtalis
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Binomial name | |
Neopediasia mixtalis (Walker, 1863)
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Panicum species.
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Neopediasia Okano, 1962". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.