Prionapteron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1965. It contains only one species, Prionapteron tenebrella, described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in China (Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Fujian, Guangdong).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Ancylolomiini |
| Genus: | Prionapteron Błeszyński, 1965[1] |
| Species: | P. tenebrella
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| Binomial name | |
| Prionapteron tenebrella (Hampson, 1896)
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References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Prionapteron Bleszynski, 1965". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prionapteron tenebrella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.