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Cilaus

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Cilaus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Musotiminae
Genus: Cilaus
de Joannis, 1932[1]
Species:
C. longinasus
Binomial name
Cilaus longinasus
de Joannis, 1932

Cilaus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932. Its one species, Cilaus longinasus, described by the same author in the same year, is only known from the medium altitudes of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

The name of the genus Cilaus is probably a misspelling of Cilaos, the valley of origin of the holotype of this species.

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  • de Joannis, J. 1932. Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes. :427–456; pl. 23