Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Cossidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Species | |
Genus Paralophonotus
Schoorl, 1990 | ||
Paralophonotus auroguttata is a moth in the Cossidae family, and the only species in the genus Paralophonotus. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.
Etymology
The genus name is derived from Greek para (meaning near) plus the genus-name Eulophonotus minus eu.
References
Paralophonotus auroguttata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA