Cataclysta pleonaxalis
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Cataclysta pleonaxalis is a Crambidae
species in the genus Cataclysta
. It was described by Hampson in 1897, and is known from New Guinea
and Fergusson Island
.
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
species in the genus Cataclysta
Cataclysta
Cataclysta is a genus of moths. Species include Cataclysta lemnata.-Species:*Cataclysta albipunctalis Hampson, 1897*Cataclysta angulata Moore, 1885*Cataclysta lampetialis Walker, 1859*Cataclysta lemnata...
. It was described by Hampson in 1897, 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...
and Fergusson Island
Fergusson Island
Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of just over 500 square miles , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests...
.