Cristatopalpus
| Cristatopalpus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Bethune-Baker, 1908 |
| Species: | C. olivens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cristatopalpus olivens Bethune-Baker, 1908
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Cristatopalpus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Cristatopalpus olivens, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908.[1][2]
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Crenotermes Hampson.[3]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 18, 2012). "Cristatopalpus Bethune-Baker, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Cristatopalpus Bethune-Baker, 1908". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Crenotermes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 4, 2020.