Pardoxia

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Pardoxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Pardoxia

Moreno & González Prada, 1981[1]
Species:
P. graellsii
Binomial name
Pardoxia graellsii
(Feisthamel, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Xanthodes graellsi Feisthamel, 1837
  • Xanthodes innocens Walker, 1858
  • Xanthodes fimbriata Walker, 1865

Pardoxia is a genus of moths in the Nolidae family. It contains only one species, the Yellow Drab (Pardoxia graellsii) which is found in France, Spain,[2] Turkey, Iraq, China, India, Myanmar, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, La Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Gambia, Yemen and Zimbabwe.[3]

Larva

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Altahea officinalis, Lavatera olbia and Gossypium species.

References

  1. ^ Pardoxia at funet
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Afro Moths

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