''Paraphasis'' is a
monotypic moth genus of the family
Tortricidae described by
Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Its only species, ''Paraphasis perkinsi'', described by the same author in the same year, is endemic to the Hawaiian island of
Kauai
Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...
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See also
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List of Tortricidae genera
References
External links
Tortricidae.com*
Archipini
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Monotypic moth genera
Moths described in 1907
Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
Tortricidae genera
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