Sagariphora

Sagariphora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Sagariphora
Meyrick, 1894

Sagariphora is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Sagariphora magnificalis, which was formerly included in the genus Agrotera.

Sagariphora magnificalis was described by George Hampson in 1893 from specimens collected in Pundaloya, Sri Lanka. Its junior synonym Sagariphora heliochlaena Meyrick, 1894 (the type species of Sagariphora) was described from Sumbawa in Indonesia.

References

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