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| Balanomis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Balanomis Meyrick, 1887[1] |
| Species: | B. encyclia |
| Binomial name | |
| Balanomis encyclia Meyrick, 1887[2] | |
Balanomis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. Its single species, described in the same publication, Balanomis encyclia, is found in Australia, including New South Wales. This species has also been introduced to New Zealand.[3]
It was reared from native dodder (Cassytha paniculata).[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Balanomis Meyrick, 1887" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ↑ RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist. 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.
- ↑ landcareresearch.co.nz
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