Prolyncestis

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Viette, 1971 | taxon = Prolyncestis biplagiata | authority = Viette, 1971 }}

'''''Prolyncestis''''' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, '''''Prolyncestis biplagiata''''', is found on Madagascar.<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2019 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PROLBIPL |title=''Prolyncestis biplagiata'' Viette, 1971 |website=Afromoths |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref> Both the genus and species were first described by Viette in 1971.<ref>{{LepIndex |id=287977 |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=October 3, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/noctuinae/prolyncestis/ |title=''Prolyncestis'' Viette, 1971 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=24065.0 |title=''Prolyncestis'' Viette, 1971 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref>

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Category:Calpinae Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Taxa named by Pierre Viette