Lambaesia

Lambaesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Lambaesia
Rebel, 1903
Species:
L. caradjae
Binomial name
Lambaesia caradjae
Rebel, 1903
Synonyms
  • Lambesia Whalley, 1970

Lambaesia is a small genus of snout moths described by Hans Rebel in 1903. The species, Lambaesia caradjae, was described at the same time, and remained the sole member of the genus for many years.[1] It is found in Algeria.[2]

Species

  • Lambaesia caradjae Rebel, 1903
  • Lambaesia fumosella (Ragonot, 1887)
  • Lambaesia pistrinariella (Ragonot, 1887)
  • Lambaesia pyraustella (Zerny, 1914)

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lambaesia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.