Paropta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Cossidae
Subfamilia: Cossulinae
Genus: Paropta
Species: P. paradoxus
Name

Paropta Staudinger, 1899

Type species: Cossus paradoxus Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] 1845
References
Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [1].

Paropta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species

Paropta paradoxus Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Former species

Paropta confusa Rothschild, 1912
Paropta frater (Warnecke, 1929)
Paropta henleyi Warren & Rothschild, 1905
Paropta johannes Staudinger, 1899
Paropta l-nigrum Bethune-Baker, 1894

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog