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Genus Samea

092311Moth - Samea castellalis Moth - Samea castellalis nice Pyralid? - Samea castellalis Samea multiplicalis Samea ecclesialis - Samea castellalis Moth ID request - Samea castellalis - male Samea druchachalis Samea ecclesialis? - Samea multiplicalis
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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 Nomophilini
Genus Samea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Samea Guenée, 1854
Pterygisus Butler, 1886
Isopteryx Guenée, 1854
Numbers
Three species in our area. (1)
Identification
Samea druchachalis - restricted to southern Texas and Florida.


Samea ecclesialis - widespread southeastern United States.


- 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.