Sagariphora
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| Sagariphora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Sagariphora Meyrick, 1894[1] |
Sagariphora is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Sagariphora magnificalis, which was formerly included in the genus Agrotera.[2]
Sagariphora magnificalis was described by George Hampson in 1893 from specimens collected in Pundaloya, Sri Lanka.[1] Its junior synonym Sagariphora heliochlaena Meyrick, 1894 (the type species of Sagariphora) was described from Sumbawa in Indonesia.[1]
