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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Agroterini » Microthyris » Microthyris anormalis - Hodges#5263 (Microthyris anormalis)

Species Microthyris anormalis - Hodges#5263

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · 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 Spilomelinae

Tribe Agroterini

Genus Microthyris

Species anormalis (Microthyris anormalis - Hodges#5263)

Hodges Number

5263

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Microthyris anormalis (Guenée, 1854)

Botys anormalis Guenée, 1854

Botys helcitalis Walker, 1859

Botys orphnealis Walker, 1859

Botys subaequalis Walker, 1866

Botys dracusalis Walker, 1859

Numbers

There are 3 species of Microthyris in our area.

Range

FL, s. TX / W. Indies - Map - MPG

Remarks

Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne

Print References

Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 352. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.

Munroe, E. G. 1956 f: Pyralides récoltés à l'île de la Guadeloupe par M. L. Berland, [Lepid.] . – Revue française d'Entomologie, Paris 23: 122.

Walker, F. 1859 c: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 18: 574, 736.

Walker, F. 1859 d: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 19: 983-84.

Walker, F. 1866 ["1865"] a: Supplement 4. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 34: 1394-95.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 January, 2010 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 April, 2016 - 2:45pm

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