Pseudopagyda
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Pseudopagyda Slamka, 2013 |
| Species: | P. homoculorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopagyda homoculorum (Bänziger, 1995)
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Pseudopagyda is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pseudopagyda homoculorum, which is found in Thailand[2] and Yunnan (China). Males drink tears of various mammals, including humans.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bänziger, Hans (1995). "Microstega homoculorum sp. n. – the most frequently observed lachryphagous moth of man (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae: Pyraustinae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 102: 265–276. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80465.
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Chen, Kai; Zhang, Dan-Dan (2017). "Revision of the genus Pseudopagyda Slamka，2013 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) with the first reported females". Journal of Environmental Entomology. 39 (3): 580–587. ISSN 1674-0858.
- Chen, Kai; Zhang, Dandan; Li, Houhun (2018-11-28). "Systematics of the new genus Spinosuncus Chen, Zhang & Li with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae)". ZooKeys (799): 115–151. Bibcode:2018ZooK..799..115C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.799.23925. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6281707. PMID 30532620.
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