Thliptoceras shafferi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Bänziger in 1987.[1] It is found in Guangdong and Guangxi in China and Chiang Mai in Thailand.
| Thliptoceras shafferi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Thliptoceras |
| Species: | T. shafferi
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| Binomial name | |
| Thliptoceras shafferi Bänziger, 1987
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The wingspan is 23–26 mm.[2] Adult males have been recorded sucking human perspiration.
Etymology
editThe species is named for Mr. M. Shaffer.[3]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Zhang, Dandan; Xu, Jiawen; Li, Jinwei (2014). "Review of the genus Thliptoceras Warren, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Oriental region of China". Zootaxa. 3796 (2): 265–286. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.3.
- ^ Bänziger, Hans (December 1987). "Description of new moths which settle on man and animals in S. E. Asia (genera Thliptoceras, Hemiscopis, Toxobotys, Pyralidae, Lepid.)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 94 (4): 671–681.
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