Mapeta

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Mapeta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Mapeta
Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Mapeta xanthomelas
Walker, 1863 [1]
Synonyms

HomalochroaLederer, 1863
PyralopsisBoisduval, 1870 [2]

Mapeta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae.

Species include: [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mapeta at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  2. Pyralopsis at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
  3. Myers, P.; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond & T. A. Dewey (2018). "Mapeta". The Animal Diversity Web (online).
  4. See references in Savela (2009)
  5. Biologia Centrali-Americana