Helvibotys pucilla | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Helvibotys |
Species: | H. pucilla |
Binomial name | |
Helvibotys pucilla (H. Druce, 1895) | |
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Helvibotys pucilla is a moth in the family Crambidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1895. [1] It is found in Guatemala, [2] Costa Rica, the Mexican state of Veracruz and the United States, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas
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