Caphys: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Caphys
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Caphys
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Caphys
Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea, a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata. Further information on the creature can be done through BugGuide where one can easily identify insects, spiders and species from their kin that habituate across the United States and Canada.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Abaera
- Acallidia
- Acallis
- Acutia
- Adenopteryx
- Ahyalosticta
- Anassodes
- Anemosa
- Anemosella
- Anisothrix
- Arbinia
- Area
- Arica
- Arouva
- Arta
- Azamora
- Basacallis
- Bisinusia
- Blepharocerus
- Bonchis
- Bradypodicola
- Bradypophila
- Callasopia
- Caphys
- Cappsia
- Carcha
- Casuaria
- Catadupa
- Chenevadia
- Chrysauge
- Chrysophila
- Clydonopteron
- Condylolomia
- Craftsia
- Cromarcha
- Cryptoses
- Cyclidalis
- Cyclopalpia
- Dastira
- Dasycnemia
- Deopteryx
- Derbeta
- Diloxis
- Distortia
- Drepanodia
- Eobrena
- Epidelia
- Epiparachma
- Epitamyra
- Eupilocera
- Galasa
- Galasodes
- Gephyra
- Gephyrella
- Heliades
- Heterauge
- Holoperas
- Humiphila
- Hyperparachma
- Hypocosmia
- Idnea
- Idneodes
- Itambe
- Lepidomys
- Lophopleura
- Lophopleuropsis
- Martiniodes
- Megacaphys
- Michaelshaffera
- Microrca
- Microsauge
- Microzancla
- Mimetauge
- Monoloxis
- Murgisca
- Myolisa
- Nachaba
- Navura
- Negalasa
- Neocaphys
- Ocoba
- Ocresia
- Oectoperodes
- Oedmatodes
- Ophias
- Oryctopleura
- Pachypalpia
- Pachypodistes
- Parachma
- Paragalasa
- Paramacna
- Paridnea
- Passelgis
- Pelasgis
- Penthesilea
- Petisca
- Pionidia
- Polyterpnes
- Protrichia
- Psectrodes
- Pyrauge
- Pyraustodes
- Quadrischistis
- Ramphidium
- Rhynchotosale
- Rucuma
- Salobrena
- Samcova
- Sanguesa
- Sarcistis
- Satole
- Schistoneura
- Semnia
- Speosia
- Sthenobaea
- Streptopalpia
- Tamyra
- Tetraschistis
- Tharsanthes
- Thermotesia
- Tippecoa
- Torotambe
- Tosale
- Uliosoma
- Ungulopsis
- Voglia
- Xantippe
- Zaboba
- Zamanna
- Zanclodes














