Paraphasis
Monotypic genus of tortrix moths
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Paraphasis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Tortricidae described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.[1] Its only species, Paraphasis perkinsi, described by the same author in the same year, is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
| Paraphasis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Tribe: | Archipini |
| Genus: | Paraphasis Walsingham, 1907 |
| Species: | P. perkinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraphasis perkinsi Walsingham in Sharp, 1907 | |