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''Osphrantis'' 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 ...
of
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. It contains only one species, ''Osphrantis paraphaea'', which is found on the Talaud Islands,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
.


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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Monotypic moth genera Moths of Indonesia Crambidae genera {{Acentropinae-stub