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Penestola

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Penestola is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.

Species

Black Penestola Moth

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyCrambidae
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taxon
Parent taxon
Crambidae
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Penestola bufalis.jpg
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taxon name
Penestola
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Penestola is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.

==Species== Penestola bufalis (Guenée, 1854) Penestola simplicialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) Penestola stercoralis (Möschler, 1881)

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