Mescinia texanica

Mescinia texanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mescinia[1]
Species: M. texanica
Binomial name
Mescinia texanica
Neunzig, 1997

Mescinia texanica is a species of snout moth in the genus Mescinia. It was described by Neunzig in 1997, and is known from Texas[1] (from which its species epithet is derived) and California.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. mothphotographersgroup


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