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Species Microthyris anormalis - Hodges#5263

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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 Agroterini
Genus Microthyris
Species anormalis (Microthyris anormalis - Hodges#5263)
Hodges Number
5263
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microthyris anormalis (Guenée, 1854)
Botys anormalis Guenée, 1854
Botys helcitalis Walker, 1859
Botys orphnealis Walker, 1859
Botys subaequalis Walker, 1866
Botys dracusalis Walker, 1859
Numbers
There are 3 species of Microthyris in our area.
Range
FL, s. TX / W. Indies - Map - MPG
Remarks
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne
Print References
Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 352. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.
Munroe, E. G. 1956 f: Pyralides récoltés à l'île de la Guadeloupe par M. L. Berland, [Lepid.] . – Revue française d'Entomologie, Paris 23: 122.
Walker, F. 1859 c: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 18: 574, 736.
Walker, F. 1859 d: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 19: 983-84.
Walker, F. 1866 ["1865"] a: Supplement 4. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 34: 1394-95.