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Genus Rhectocraspeda

Caterpillar inside rolled eggplant leaf - Rhectocraspeda periusalis 5157  - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Another Unknown Moth - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Moth to porch light  - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Leaf folding crambid - Rhectocraspeda periusalis 12/09/19 moth 2 - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Herpetogramma ? - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Rhectocraspeda periusalis
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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 Spilomelini
Genus Rhectocraspeda
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Also known as Pilemia, an older name which was found to be a junior homonym of a beetle genus. See here.
Numbers
One species in our area. (1)
Works Cited
1.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.