Tribe Spilomelini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Internet References

Mystery caterpillar - Pantographa limata

Basswood leaf roller - Pantographa limata

Satin White moth - pupa - Palpita flegia

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Pyraustinae

Tribe Spilomelini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

treated - in part - as a separate subfamily (Spilomelinae) by some authors

Numbers

230 species in 90 genera in North America listed under Pyraustinae: Spilomelini at All-Leps

Internet References

classification as subfamily Spilomelinae, using genus Anageshna as an example (Butterflies and Moths of the World)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 March, 2006 - 8:27pm
Last updated 3 March, 2006 - 11:56pm

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