Paraphasis Walsingham, 1907 (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Archipini)

This endemic genus is known only from a single abraded male specimen of Paraphasis perkinsi. Walsingham (1907: 730) originally described it in Tineidae, Zimmerman (1978: 494) reassigned it to Tortricidae: Tortricinae.

Paraphasis perkinsi (Walsingham, 1907)
Islands: Kauai
Hostplants: unknown
Status: endemic
Comments: Known from only a single male.

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Reference(s):

Walsingham L. 1907. Microlepidoptera. in Sharp D. (ed.) Fauna Hawaiiensis. Volume 1, Part V. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp.469-759

Zimmerman EC. 1978. Insects of Hawaii, Vol.9.1 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. pp.494-469