Portentomorpha

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Portentomorpha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Portentomorpha
Amsel, 1956 [1]
Species:
P. xanthialis
Binomial name
Portentomorpha xanthialis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • ApoecetesMunroe, 1956
  • Botys xanthialisGuenée, 1854
  • Apoecetes xanthialis
  • Botys incalisSnellen, 1875
  • Botys incalis var. rosealisMöschler, 1890
  • Botys superbalisWalker, 1866

Portentomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Portentomorpha xanthialis, which is found from Texas to Louisiana and Florida, the West Indies (including Cuba, Puerto Rico) and from Mexico to Bolivia [2] (including Colombia and Ecuador).

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in August in Florida. [3]

Portentomorpha is the type genus of the tribe Portentomorphini, established by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. [4]

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