Acrolophus
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- In botanyBotanyBotany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
, Acrolophus is a sectionSection (botany)In botany, a section is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may have hundreds of species...
of CentaureaCentaureaCentaurea is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich...
and its containing subgroup.
Acrolophus is a genus of moth in the family Acrolophidae
Acrolophidae
Acrolophidae is a family of moths in the Lepidoptera order. In addition, there are about 300 species, which live in the wild only in the New World.-Genera:*Acrolophus*Amydria*Drastea*Exoncotis*Ptilopsaltis...
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