Zophodia epischnioides

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Zophodia epischnioides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Zophodia
Species:
Z. epischnioides
Binomial name
Zophodia epischnioides
Hulst, 1900 [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypsotropa epischnioides

Zophodia epischnioides is a species of snout moth in the genus Zophodia . It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900. It is found in North America. It is probably a synonym of another Zophodia species or a species of a related genus, but the type is lost and it is thus not possible to determine the status of this species. [2]

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References

  1. "800581.00 – 5969 – Zophodia epischnioides – Hulst, 1900". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypsotropa epischnioides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 15, 2018.