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Issue: Vol. 5785 No. 2: 30 Mar. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.2.11
Page range: 396-400
Abstract views: 80
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What is Botys aurithoracalis Christoph, 1885? (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)

National Medical Research Center of Phtisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; 22 Partsyezda Str. 50; Ekaterinburg 620039 Russia.
Russian Entomological Society; Nizhny Novgorod Branch; P.O. Box 97; Nizhny Novgorod 603009; Russia.
Institute of plant and animal ecology; Ural Division RAS; 8 Marta Str. 202/3; Ekaterinburg 620144 Russia.
Lepidoptera Botys aurithoracalis lectotype designation Pyraloidea

References

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  3. Linnaeus, C. (1767) Systema naturae: per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. Pt. 2. Regnum animale. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 795 pp. [pp. 533–1327] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.68927
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How to Cite

Melyakh, S.F., Korb, S.K. & Gorbunov, P.Y. (2026) What is Botys aurithoracalis Christoph, 1885? (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Zootaxa, 5785 (2), 396–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.2.11