Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mimophobetron pyropsalis (Hampson, 1904)
Pyrausta pyropsalis Hampson, 1904
Pyrausta liopasialis Dyar, 1914
Pyrausta rhodope Hampson, 1913
Numbers
This is the only species in the genus Mimophobetron.
Range
Records from south Florida in our area.
Print References
Dyar, H. G. 1914 a: Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone. – Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington 47 (2050): 284.
Hampson, G. F. 1904: The Lepidoptera-Phalaenae of the Bahamas. – Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London (ser.7) 14 (81): 165–188.
Hampson, G. F. 1913 b: Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. – Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London (ser. 8) 12: 36.
Munroe, E. G. 1950: The generic positions of some North American Lepidoptera commonly referred to Pyrausta Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 82 (11): 222–223, figs. 5, 12, 21.
