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''Sphaerodeltis'' 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, ''Sphaerodeltis psammoleuca'', which is found in the
Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
.Afro Moths
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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Monotypic moth genera Moths of Africa Crambidae genera {{Crambinae-stub