Crassuncus is an Afrotropical genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Tribe: | Oidaematophorini |
| Genus: | Crassuncus Gibeaux, 1994[1] |
Taxonomy edit
The genus was erected by C. Gibeaux in 1994 and is currently assigned to tribe Oidaematophorini.[1] Several of its species were originally described in genus Pterophorus.[1]
Distribution edit
The genus has an Afrotropical distribution, with species recorded from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and on Madagascar.[1]
Species edit
As of version 1.1.23.125[update], the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Crassuncus:[1]
- Crassuncus colubratus (Meyrick, 1909)
- Crassuncus defectus (Bigot & Luquet, 1991)
- Crassuncus ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)
- Crassuncus ermakovae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2017
- Crassuncus hawkingi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
- Crassuncus kenzo Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2017
- Crassuncus koperbergi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
- Crassuncus livingstoni Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
- Crassuncus orophilus Gibeaux, 1994
- Crassuncus pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)
- Crassuncus pseudolaudatus (Gibeaux, 1992)
- Crassuncus timidus (Meyrick, 1908)
- Crassuncus tripunctatus (Walsingham, 1881)
References edit
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