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Species Gyros muirii - Hodges#4811

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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 Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Gyros
Species muirii (Gyros muirii - Hodges#4811)
Hodges Number
4811
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gyros muirii (H. Edwards, 1881)
Oribates muirii H. Edwards, 1881
Monocona muirii rubralis Warren, 1892
Identification
Pl. 21.42 in Moths of Western North America. … Bob Patterson, 29 September, 2009
Remarks
Type locality: USA, California, Tuolumne Co.
Print References
Edwards, H. 1881 b: Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. – Papilio, New York and Philadelphia 1: 115-121.
Munroe, E. G. 1972 b: Pyraloidea, Pyralidae comprising subfamilies Odontiinae, Glaphyrinae. Pp. 160. – In: Dominick, R. B. et al., The Moths of America north of Mexico. 13.1B 13.1 B. – E.W. Classey and R.B.D. Publications Inc., London.
Warren, W. 1892: Descriptions of new genera and species of Pyralidae contained in the British Museum collection. – Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London (ser. 6) 9: 174.