Parabatella

Parabatella is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Ugo Dall'Asta in 1981.^[1] Its only species, Parabatella polyploca, was first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1960. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2]

Parabatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Lymantriini
Genus:	Parabatella Dall'Asta, 1981
Species:	P. polyploca
Binomial name
Parabatella polyploca (Collenette, 1960)

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this genus as a synonym of Dasychira Hübner, 1809 and the species as a synonym of Dasychira polyploca Collenette, 1961.^[3]