Pardoxia is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by Antonio Vives Moreno and R. González Prada.[1][2][3][4]

Pardoxia
Pardoxia graellsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Genus: Pardoxia
Vives Moreno & González Prada, 1981

Species edit

  • Pardoxia dinarodes (Hampson, 1912) Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire
  • Pardoxia gephyrias (Meyrick, 1902) Aden, Somalia
  • Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837) southwestern Europe, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire, Uganda, Malawi, Iraq, Arabia, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Cape, Verde, Reunion, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Punjab

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pardoxia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (September 23, 2019). "Pardoxia Vives Moreno & González Prada, 1981". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pardoxia Vives-Moreno & Gonzalez-Prada, 1981". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pardoxia Vives & Gonzales, 1981". Afromoths. Retrieved August 3, 2020.