Alophonotus
Monotypic moth genus in family Cossidae
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Alophonotus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Alophonotus rauana, the sole species in the genus, is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]
| Alophonotus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeuzerinae |
| Genus: | Alophonotus Schoorl, 1990 |
| Species: | A. rauana |
| Binomial name | |
| Alophonotus rauana (Strand, 1909) | |
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