Paralypusa

Paralypusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lypusidae
Subfamily: Lypusinae
Genus: Paralypusa
Lvovsky, 2012
Species:
P. chinensis
Binomial name
Paralypusa chinensis
(Lvovsky, 2010)
Synonyms
  • Pseudatemelia chinensis Lvovsky, 2010

Paralypusa chinensis is a small moth in the family Lypusidae. It is the only species in the genus Paralypusa. It was found in eastern China in Zhejiang province.

Taxonomy

It was described by Alexandr L. Lvovsky in 2010 in the genus Pseudatemelia of the family Amphisbatidae as P. chinensis. He reclassified it in a new monotypic genus Paralypusa two years later.

Etymology

The generic name indicates the affinity to the genus Lypusa.

Description

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (30 August 2014). "Paralypusa Lvovsky, 2012". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Paralypusa Lvovsky, 2012". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lvovsky, A. L. (25 July 2012). "Paralypusa, a new genus of the family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from China" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 21 (1): 169–172.
  4. 1 2 Lvovsky, A. L. (2010). "A new species of the genus Pseudatemelia Rebel, 1910 from China (Lepidoptera, Amphisbatidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. 41 (1/2): 273–274. Retrieved 28 December 2019.