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Species Mesolia incertellus - Hodges#5331

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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Prionapterygini
Genus Mesolia
Species incertellus (Mesolia incertellus - Hodges#5331)
Hodges Number
5331
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mesolia incertella (Zincken, 1821)
original combination Chilo incertella Zincken, 1821
synonym Prionopteryx olivella Grote, 1882
synonym Eugrotea dentella Fernald 1896
* phylogenetic sequence #158975
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