Chlorobaptella

Chlorobaptella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Eugene G. Munroe in 1995. Its only species, Chlorobaptella rufistrigalis, was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California^[3] and Nevada. Moths in this genus are distinguished from moths in similar genera by their small palpi and obsolete tongues.^[2]

Chlorobaptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Odontiinae
Tribe:	Odontiini
Genus:	Chlorobaptella Munroe, 1995[1]
Species:	C. rufistrigalis
Binomial name
Chlorobaptella rufistrigalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)[2]
Synonyms
Chlorobapta Barnes & McDunnough, 1914 (preocc.) Chlorobapta rufistrigalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914