Microthyris

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Microthyris
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Microthyris prolongalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Agroterini
Genus: Microthyris
Lederer, 1863 [1]
Type species
Botys prolongalis
Guenée , 1854
Species

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Synonyms [2]
  • CrossophoraMöschler, 1890
  • Grossophora [lapsus]
  • CyclocenaMöschler, 1890

Microthyris is a genus of pyraloid moths, belonging to the subfamily Spilomelinae of the grass moth family (Crambidae). [3] The genus was first described by Julius Lederer in 1863.

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Species

The genus includes the following species:

Footnotes

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. See references in Savela (2005)
  3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)

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