Dipha

Dipha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Dipha
Arakaki & Yoshiyasu, 1988
Species:
D. aphidivora
Binomial name
Dipha aphidivora
(Meyrick, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Melitene aphidivora Meyrick, 1934
  • Acrobasis aphidivora
  • Isauria aphidivora
  • Cryptoblabes aphidivora
  • Conobathra aphidivora
  • Cryptoblabes aphidivora Yoshiyasu & Ohara, 1982

Dipha is a monotypic snout moth genus described by N. Arakaki and Yutaka Yoshiyasu in 1988. Its single species, Dipha aphidivora, was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found in India, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Java and Japan.

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