Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Paracataclysta Yoshiyasu, 1983 . Akitu (n.s.) 50 : 1.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
PYRALOIDEA : CRAMBIDAE : NYMPHULINAE

Type-species:
Cataclysta fuscalis Hampson, 1893. Illust. typical spec. lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 178. pl.174 fig.13.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
Types BHUTAN & BORNEO & CEYLON: ? Locality, (? Depository)..

Notes:
Card in BMNH Lepidoptera index.

Shaffer (pers. comm.) treats PARACATACLYSTA in the CRAMBIDAE: NYMPHULINAE.

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