Mimophobetron

Mimophobetron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Mimophobetron[1]
Munroe, 1950[2]
Species: M. pyropsalis
Binomial name
Mimophobetron pyropsalis
(Hampson, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Pyrausta pyropsalis Hampson, 1904
  • Pyrausta liopasialis Dyar, 1914
  • Pyrausta rhodope Hampson, 1913
  • Pyrausta rhodope ab. rhodopides Strand, 1917

Mimophobetron is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Mimophobetron pyropsalis, which is found in Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico,[3] Honduras), the Bahamas[4] and Florida.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ↑ BOLD Systems
  4. ↑ Mimophobetron at funet
  5. ↑ mothphotographersgroup


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