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Caphys

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Caphys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Chrysauginae
Genus: Caphys
Walker, 1863[1][2]
Type species
Caphys bilinea
Walker, 1863 [3]
Synonyms
  • Ugra Walker, 1863
  • Euexippe Ragonot, 1891

Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea,[4] a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata. Further information on the creature can be done through BugGuide where one can easily identify insects, spiders and species from their kin that habituate across the United States and Canada.

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References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Caphys Walker, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Caphys​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  4. ^ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 14 November 2012.