Oryctometopia

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Oryctometopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus:Oryctometopia
Ragonot, 1888 [1]

Oryctometopia is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Pyralidae Family of moths

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.

Species

Oryctometopia fossulatella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Ragonot in 1888, and is known from Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.

Oryctometopia venezuelensis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956 and is found in Venezuela.

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-06.