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Piletocera signiferalis

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Piletocera signiferalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Piletocera
Species:
P. signiferalis
Binomial name
Piletocera signiferalis
(Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Isopteryx signiferalis Wallengren, 1860
  • Ceratoclasis barbicornis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Piletocera signiferalis isola J. F. G. Clarke, 1971
  • Rinecera mirabilis Butler, 1884
  • Rinecera nigrescens Butler, 1886

Piletocera signiferalis, the signiferalis grass moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860.[1] It is found in South Africa,[2] as well as on the Austral Islands (Rapa Island, Rurutu), the Caroline Islands, the Cook Islands, the Ellice Islands, the Loyalty Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the New Hebrides, Fiji, the Society Islands (Moorea, Bora Bora, Tahiti, Raiatea) and Tonga.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Piletocera signiferalis (Wallengren, 1860)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Lepidoptera of French Polynesia