Pseudobiston
Genus of moths
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Pseudobiston is a genus of moths in the family Pseudobistonidae. It contains only one species, Pseudobiston pinratanai, which is found in North Thailand and North Vietnam.
| Pseudobiston | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pseudobistonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudobistoninae Minet, Rajaei & Stüning, 2015 |
| Genus: | Pseudobiston Inoue, 1994 |
| Species: | P. pinratanai |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobiston pinratanai Inoue, 1994 | |
It was originally assigned to the family Geometridae, but in 2015 it was moved to its own, separate family: Pseudobistonidae.[1]