Bapara
Encyclopedia
Bapara is a genus of snout moths
. It was described by Walker, in 1865, and is known from Australia
and New Guinea
.
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
. It was described by Walker, in 1865, and is known from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
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Species
- Bapara agastaBapara agastaBapara agasta is a species of snout moth in the genus Bapara. It was described by Turner in 1911, and is known from northern Australia....
(Turner, 1911) - Bapara obliterosaBapara obliterosaBapara obliterosa is a species of snout moth in the genus Bapara. It was described by Walker in 1865, and is known from New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands.Males are dull grass-green above and cinereous beneath...
Walker, 1865 - Bapara pandanaBapara pandanaBapara pandana is a species of snout moth in the genus Bapara. It was described by Whalley in 1964, and is known from New Guinea....
Whalley, 1964 - Bapara payneiBapara payneiBapara paynei is a species of snout moth in the genus Bapara. It was described by Whalley in 1964, and is known from New Guinea....
Whalley, 1964