Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microthyris prolongalis (Guenée, 1854)
Botys prolongalis Guenée, 1854
Botys agenoralis Walker, 1859
Botys eurytalis Walker, 1859
Botys sectalis Guenée, 1854
Botys scotalis Lederer, 1863
Numbers
There are three species of the genus
Microthyris listed for America, north of Mexico.
(1),
(2)Size
Guenée (1854) listed the wingspan as 33 mm.
Identification
The hyaline spot is much larger in the females.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD).
(3)Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range as Florida, Texas; West Indies, Mexico to Brazil.
(4)Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults in Florida during the months of June, October and December.
(4)Food
Heppner (2003) listed the host plant as unknown.
(4)Remarks
Holotype ♂ collected in Brazil.
Print References
Druce, H., 1891-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera, 2:
243
Guenée, 1854. in Boisduval & Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Spécies Général des Lépidoptères, 8:
353.
Williams, W., 1889. VIII. On the Pyralidina collected in 1874 and 1875 by Dr. J.W.H. Trail in the Basin of the Amazons. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
279.
Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman on 14 July, 2013 - 10:06pm
Additional contributions by
Kyhl AustinLast updated 24 April, 2016 - 2:58pm
