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Genus Samea

Representative Images

Unknown type of moth - Samea castellalis Salvinia Stem-borer Moth - Hodges #5151 - Samea multiplicalis Small moth - Samea castellalis - male Mottled brown moth with spread wings - Samea multiplicalis What type of moth? - Samea castellalis - male Samea ecclesialis - Assembly Moth - Samea castellalis Assembly moth (Samea ecclesialis) - Samea castellalis - female Samea multiplicalis? - Samea multiplicalis
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Nomophilini
Genus Samea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Samea Guenée, 1854
Pterygisus Butler, 1886
Isopteryx Guenée, 1854

Numbers

Three species in our area. (1)
Samea druchachalis
Samea ecclesialis
Samea multiplicalis

Identification

Samea druchachalis - restricted to southern Texas and Florida.


Samea ecclesialis - widespread southeastern United States.


Samea multiplicalis
- less common from Texas to Florida.

Print References

Guenée, 1854. in Boisduval & Guenée. Hist. Nat. Ins. Spec. Gen. Lepid 8: 193.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - pinned adults of all four species and related moths.

Works Cited

1.Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 October, 2004 - 8:19pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 6 December, 2023 - 12:23am

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