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Genus Perispasta

Perispasta caeculalis - male little moth  - Perispasta caeculalis caterpillar on honeysuckle - Perispasta caeculalis Perispasta caeculalis - male Moth - Perispasta caeculalis - female Perispasta caeculalis Perispasta caeculalis Perispasta caeculalis
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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 Pyraustinae
Tribe Pyraustini
Genus Perispasta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Perispasta Zeller, 1875
genus name misspelled Peripasta on a number of web sites
Explanation of Names
Unclear. Perhaps Greek peri- around, near (or Greek periss superfluous?); plus spasta (variant Greek spastic, convulsions?), or Greek past, sprinkle (1).
Numbers
One species in our area, P. caeculalis (2).
Identification
Print References
Borror, various entries (1)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.