Deana
Genus of moths
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Deana is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1859.[2] It contains only one species, Deana hybreasalis,[3] which is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Udeini |
| Genus: | Deana Butler, 1879[1] |
| Species: | D. hybreasalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Deana hybreasalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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The larvae feed on various liana species, including Clematis species (Ranunculaceae).[6]
