Cilaus is a monotypicmoth genus of the family Crambidae described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932. Its one species, Cilaus longinasus, described by the same author in the same year, is only known from the medium altitudes of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
cilaus, monotypic, moth, genus, family, crambidae, described, joseph, joannis, 1932, species, longinasus, described, same, author, same, year, only, known, from, medium, altitudes, réunion, indian, ocean, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arth. Cilaus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932 Its one species Cilaus longinasus described by the same author in the same year is only known from the medium altitudes of Reunion in the Indian Ocean CilausScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily CrambidaeSubfamily MusotiminaeGenus Cilausde Joannis 1932 1 Species C longinasusBinomial nameCilaus longinasusde Joannis 1932The name of the genus Cilaus is probably a misspelling of Cilaos the valley of origin of the holotype of this species References edit Nuss M et al 2003 2011 GlobIZ search Global Information System on Pyraloidea Retrieved 2011 10 11 de Joannis J 1932 Lepidopteres Heteroceres des Mascareignes 427 456 pl 23 This Musotiminae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cilaus amp oldid 1115898858, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
