Caphys
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysauginae |
| Genus: | Caphys Walker, 1863[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Caphys bilinea Walker, 1863 [3]
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Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea,[4] a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata. Further information on the creature can be done through BugGuide where one can easily identify insects, spiders and species from their kin that habituate across the United States and Canada.
Species[]
- Caphys arizonensis Munroe, 1970
- Caphys bilineata (Stoll, [1781])
- Caphys dubia Warren, 1891
- Caphys eustelechalis Dyar, 1914
- Caphys fovealis Hampson, 1897
- Caphys pallida Hampson, 1897
- Caphys subrosealis Walker, [1866]
- Caphys subsordidalis Dyar, 1914
References[]
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ). Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Caphys Walker, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Caphys". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
Categories:
- Chrysauginae
- Pyralidae genera
- Chrysauginae stubs