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Genus Hileithia

 Blepharomastix Moth - Hodges #5187 - Hileithia magualis 5187  - Hileithia magualis unknown moth - Hileithia magualis Hieleithia magualis - Hileithia magualis Hileithia magualis Hileithia Arizona Moth - Hileithia magualis Hileithia magualis
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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 Herpetogrammatini
Genus Hileithia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hileithia Snellen, 1875
= Belpharomastix (in part)
Numbers
Five species in our area. (1)
Remarks
Blepharomastix magualis, aplicalis, rehamalis, and differentialis were transferred to Hileithia in Munroe (1995a)(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.