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Parapoynx fluctuosalis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ2386090 ↗
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Parapoynx fluctuosalis or Fluctuating China-mark or Waved China-mark, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Guam, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia and the Galápagos Islands. It is also an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded from Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and Sardinia.

Adults are sexually dimorphic, with a variable colouration of the wings.

Subspecies

Parapoynx fluctuosalis fluctuosalis (Africa)

Parapoynx fluctuosalis linealis Guenée, 1854 (Asia)

References

External links

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.

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