Ptychopseustis
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Ptychopseustis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

s of the Crambidae
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...

 family.

Species

  • Ptychopseustis amoenella (Snellen, 1880)
  • Ptychopseustis argentisparsalis (Hampson, 1896)
  • Ptychopseustis calamochroa (Hampson, 1919)
  • Ptychopseustis conisphoralis (Hampson, 1919)
  • Ptychopseustis eutacta (Turner, 1908)
  • Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis (Hampson, 1896)
  • Ptychopseustis ictericalis (Swinhoe, 1886)
  • Ptychopseustis impar (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
  • Ptychopseustis molybdogramma (Hampson, 1919)
  • Ptychopseustis pallidochrealis Yamanaka, 2004
  • Ptychopseustis plumbeolinealis (Hampson, 1896)
  • Ptychopseustis undulalis (Hampson, 1919)
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