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Subfamily Acentropinae


Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera, pp.765-789 In: Introduction to Aquatic Insects of North America
By Solis, M.A.
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa., 2019
Full citation:
Solis, M. A. 2019. Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera, pp.765-789 In: Introduction to Aquatic Insects of North America, R. W. Merritt, K.W. Cummins, and M.B. Berg (Eds.). 5th edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa. 1480 pp.

Notes on North American Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)
By Dyar, Harrison G.
Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 5(4-6):75-77, 1917

Two new species of Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) from Texas
By Blanchard, A., and E. C. Knudson
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 85(1):59-63, 1983
Original descriptions of Petrophila heppneri and Eoreuma arenella.

Neargyractis slossonalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Nymphulinae): larval description and biological notes
By Dale H. Habeck
The Florida Entomologist 71(4): 588-592, 1988

Neocataclysta magnificalis (Hbn.) in Louisiana
By Vernon Antoine Brou Jr.
Southern Lepidopterists' News 27: 68, 2005

Clarification of the Status of Petrophila jaliscalis and Petrophila santafealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in North America
By Sexton, C.
Southern Lepidopterists' News 41(3):216-225, 2019

Scientific notes: Immature stage of the aquatic moth Petrophila drumalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Nymphulinae) from....
By F. Allen Dray, Ted D. Center, Dale H. Habeck
Florida Entomologist 72(4): 711-716, 1989
Scientific notes: Immature stage of the aquatic moth Petrophila drumalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Nymphulinae) from Pistia stratiotes (Waterlettuce).

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Identification and Distribution of the Petrophila fulicalis species group (Crambidae): Taking Advantage of Citizen Science Data
By Sexton, C.
Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 75(2):113-127
https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a4