''Dejoannisia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. It contains only one species, ''Dejoannisia pallidella'', which is found in

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

.de Joannis, J. 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe. - Bulletin de la Société des Lépidoptéristes de Genève 5(4):181–256.

References

Endemic fauna of Mozambique Schoenobiinae Lepidoptera of Mozambique Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Crambidae genera Monotypic moth genera {{Schoenobiinae-stub