Species Microphysetica hermeasalis - Hodges#5121

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Microphysetica hermeasalis (Walker, 1859)

Isopteryx hermeasalis Walker, 1859

Falx sinuosalis Amsel, 1956

Parthenodes nymphulalis Hampson, 1906

Sufetula philogelos Dyar, 1922

Microphysetica hermeasalis is the only member of the genus listed for America, north of Mexico. (1)

Heppner (2003) listed the range as Florida; West Indies, Mexico to Venezuela. (2) , (3)

Heppner (2003) reported adults in Florida from March to June, November to December. (3)

Heppner (2003) listed the host plant as unknown. (3)

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (1)

Amsel, H. G. 1956 c: Microlepidoptera Venezolana I. – Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, Maracay 10 (1954) (1–2): 111.

Amsel, H. G. 1957 b: Microlepidoptera Venezolana II. – Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, Maracay 10 (1954) (3-4): Berichtigung, pl. 2 fig. 15; pl. 20 fig. 5; pl. 83 fig. 12-13.

Dyar, H. G. 1922: New American moths and notes (Lepidoptera). – Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, Washington 10 (1–3): 15.

Hampson, G. F. 1906 b: Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scopariinae . – Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London (ser. 7) 18: 472.

Munroe, E. G. 1995 a: Crambidae (Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Cybalomiinae, Linostinae, Glaphyriinae, Dichogaminae, Scopariinae, Musotiminae, Midilinae, Nymphulinae, Odontiinae, Evergestinae, Pyraustinae). Pp. 78. – In: Heppner, J. B., Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea 3. – Association for Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers, Gainesville.

Walker, F. 1859 d: Pyralides. – List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 19: 945.

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)