Aurana

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Aurana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Aurana
Walker, 1863[1]
Type species
Aurana actiosella
Walker, 1863[2]
Synonyms
  • Longiculcita Roesler, 1975

Aurana is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Japan[3] and Australia.

Taxonomy[edit]

Some authors list the genus as a synonym of Pempelia.

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aurana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. ^ Aurana at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  3. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 20, 2017.

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