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''Dejoannisia'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. It contains only one species, ''Dejoannisia pallidella'', which is found in
Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
.de Joannis, J. 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe. - Bulletin de la Société des Lépidoptéristes de Genève 5(4):181–256.


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Endemic fauna of Mozambique Schoenobiinae Lepidoptera of Mozambique Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Crambidae genera Monotypic moth genera {{Schoenobiinae-stub