genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s of the family
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
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Species
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Prorasea fernaldi
''Prorasea fernaldi'' is a moth in the family of Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1974. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.
References
Evergestinae
Moths descr ...
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Prorasea gracealis
''Prorasea gracealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe
Eugene Gordon Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the In ...
'' Munroe, 1974
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Prorasea praeia
''Prorasea praeia'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression i ...
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Prorasea pulveralis
''Prorasea pulveralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Warren in 1892. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. ...
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Prorasea sideralis
''Prorasea sideralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progressio ...
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Prorasea simalis
''Prorasea simalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.
The wingspan i ...