Parafrasura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Antonio Durante in 2012. Its only species, Parafrasura pectinella, was first described by Embrik Strand in 1922. It is known from Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Lithosiini |
| Genus: | Parafrasura Durante, 2012 |
| Species: | P. pectinella
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| Binomial name | |
| Parafrasura pectinella Strand, 1922
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References
edit- ^ Durante, A. (2012). "New genera and problematic species in African Lithosiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 22: 1–16.