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Genus Loxostegopsis

Loxostegopsis merrickalis - Loxostegopsis curialis

Merrick's Pyralid Moth - Hodges#5117 - Loxostegopsis merrickalis

Hodges#5116 - Loxostegopsis xanthocrypta

ID Request - 5117 – Loxostegopsis merrickalis – Merrick's Pyralid Moth - Loxostegopsis

Merrick's Crambid Moth - Hodges#5117 - Loxostegopsis merrickalis

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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 Steniini

Genus Loxostegopsis

Numbers

Five species in our area. (1)

See Also

Steniodes declivalis

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 tom murray on 20 July, 2008 - 12:53am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 26 September, 2022 - 1:37pm

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