Diplopseustis

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Diplopseustis
Diplopseustis perieresalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Lathrotelinae
Genus: Diplopseustis
Meyrick, 1884[1]

Diplopseustis is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Lathrotelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described in 1884 by Edward Meyrick with Cymoriza minima Butler, 1881 as its type species, which is now considered a synonym of Diplopseustis perieresalis.[1]

The genus currently comprises seven species distributed in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian realm.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2022). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  2. ^ Speidel, Wolfgang; Van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Honey, Martin R.; Koster, Sjaak J. C. (2007). "The exotic pyraloid moth Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker) expanding in the West Palaearctic region (Crambidae: Spilomelinae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 29 (3/4): 185–192.