Sthenoprocris Malgassica
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''Sthenoprocris'' 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
Zygaenidae The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, ofte ...
, containing only two species. It is known from
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Species

*'' Sthenoprocris brondeli'' Viette, 1978 *'' Sthenoprocris malgassica'' Hampson, 1920


References

*Hampson 1920a
On new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, with the characters of two new families. - Novitates Zoologicae 26(2):253–282
(on page 275) Procridinae Zygaenidae genera {{Zygaenidae-stub