Cilaus

Cilaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Musotiminae
Genus:	Cilaus; de Joannis, 1932
Species:	C. longinasus
Binomial name
	Cilaus longinasus; de Joannis, 1932

Cilaus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932. Its one species, Cilaus longinasus, described by the same author in the same year, is only known from the medium altitudes of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

The name of the genus Cilaus is probably a misspelling of Cilaos, the valley of origin of the holotype of this species.

References

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

de Joannis, J. 1932. Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes. :427–456; pl. 23

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

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