Caphys
| Caphys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysauginae |
| Genus: | Caphys Walker, 1863[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Caphys bilinea Walker, 1863 [3]
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Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea,[4] a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata.
Species
- Caphys arizonensis Munroe, 1970
- Caphys bilineata (Stoll, [1781])
- Caphys dubia Warren, 1891
- Caphys eustelechalis Dyar, 1914
- Caphys fovealis Hampson, 1897
- Caphys pallida Hampson, 1897
- Caphys subrosealis Walker, [1866]
- Caphys subsordidalis Dyar, 1914
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Caphys Walker, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Caphys". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 14 November 2012.