| Mescinia berosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Mescinia [1] |
| Species: | M. berosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mescinia berosa Dyar, 1914 | |
Mescinia berosa is a species of snout moth in the genus Mescinia . It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914 and is known from Panama (including Rio Trinidad, the type location).
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 & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
Mescinia is a genus of snout moths described by George Hampson in 1901.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. was an American entomologist.
