| Melitara texana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Melitara |
| Species: | M. texana |
| Binomial name | |
| Melitara texana Neunzig, 1997 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melitara texana is a species of snout moth in the genus Melitara . It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997 and is found in southern Texas and adjacent Mexico.
The larvae feed on Opuntia lindheimeri var. lindheimeri. [2]
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis retain the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
Vernonia is a genus of about 350 species of forbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Some species are known as ironweed. Some species are edible and of economic value. They are known for having intense purple flowers. There have been numerous distinct subgenera and subsections named in this genus, and some botanists have divided the genus into several distinct genera. For instance, the Flora of North America recognizes only about twenty species in Vernoniasensu stricto, seventeen of which are in North America north of Mexico, with the others being found in South America.
Oenothera lindheimeri, commonly known as Lindheimer's beeblossom, white gaura, pink gaura, Lindheimer's clockweed, and Indian feather, is a species of Oenothera. Several of its common names derive from the genus Gaura, in which this species was formerly placed.
Schinia olivacea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, including Texas.
Melitara dentata, the North American cactus moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876. It is native to western North America, where it is widespread from Alberta to southern Arizona and central Texas. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Melitara prodenialis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is native to North America, where it is known from south-eastern New York to Florida along the Atlantic coastal plain, and west to eastern Oklahoma and north-central and south-eastern Texas. It is an introduced species in Hawaii. It is a special concern species in Connecticut.
Homoeosoma is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae.
The Phycitini are a tribe of moths of the family Pyralidae.
Echinocereta is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997. The genus contains only one species, Echinocereta strigalis, described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912, which is found in the US states of Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and in Mexico.
Acrobasis betulivorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1975 and is often found in the eastern United States.
Acrobasis juglanivorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1986, and is known from Wisconsin, United States.
Acrobasis texana is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1986, and is known from the US state of Texas, from which its species epithet is derived.
Acrobasis elyi is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1970, and is known from Connecticut to Florida in the United States.
Baphala phaeolella is a species of snout moth in the genus Baphala. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997 and is found in North America, including Maryland, Mississippi and West Virginia.
Zophodia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Melitara is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. Some sources list it as a synonym of Zophodia, while others retain it as a valid genus.
Melitara doddalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Melitara. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925, and is found in the United States in southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, south-western Texas and in northern Mexico.
Melitara junctolineella is a species of snout moth in the genus Melitara. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900. It is found in southern Texas and Mexico. The species has been introduced in Australia as a biological control agent of Opuntia stricta.
Melitara subumbrella is a species of snout moth in the genus Melitara. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is widespread in western North America, from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan to southern Arizona, central Texas, southern New Mexico and south-eastern California.
Laetilia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.
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