Paelia

Paelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Alucitidae
Genus:	Paelia; Walker, 1866
Species:	P. lunuligera
Binomial name
	Paelia lunuligera; Walker, 1866

Paelia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Alucitidae described by Francis Walker in 1866. Its single species, Paelia lunuligera, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Brazil and Guyana.^[1]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paelia lunuligera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paelia lunuligera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

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