Discofrontia
Genus of moths
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Discofrontia is a monotypic snout moth genus in the family Pyralidae. Its single species, Discofrontia normella, is found in South Africa. The genus was described by George Hampson in 1891, but the species was described by the same author in 1901.[2]
| Discofrontia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Anerastiini |
| Genus: | Discofrontia Hampson in Ragonot, 1891[1] |
| Species: | D. normella |
| Binomial name | |
| Discofrontia normella Hampson, 1901 | |