Bapara pandana
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Bapara pandana is a species of snout moth
in the genus Bapara
. It was described by Whalley in 1964, and is known from 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...
in the genus Bapara
Bapara
Bapara is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Walker, in 1865, and is known from Australia and New Guinea.-Species:* Bapara agasta * Bapara obliterosa Walker, 1865* Bapara pandana Whalley, 1964...
. It was described by Whalley in 1964, and is known from 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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