Genus Uresiphita

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Pyraustinae

Genus Uresiphita

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Uresiphita Hübner, [1825]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (23-27), p.353

synonym Mecyna Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8, p.406

Numbers

One species in our area (1).

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 30 July, 2007 - 2:33pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 19 March, 2016 - 8:59pm

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