''Microthyris'' is a
genus
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of
pyraloid moths, belonging to the
subfamily Spilomelinae
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.
Description
Imagines – the adu ...
of the grass moth
family
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(
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
).
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)] The genus was first described by
Julius Lederer in 1863.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Microthyris alvinalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
* ''
Microthyris anormalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
* ''
Microthyris asadias''
(Druce, 1899)
* ''
Microthyris lelex''
(Cramer, 1777)
* ''
Microthyris microthyralis''
(Snellen, 1899)
* ''
Microthyris miscellalis''
(Möschler, 1890)
* ''
Microthyris prolongalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
The following are
junior synonyms of ''Microthyris'':
[See references in Savela (2005)]
* ''Crossophora''
Möschler, 1890 (''non'' Meyrick, 1883: preoccupied
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...
)
* ''Grossophora''
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Investigations
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'')
* ''Cyclocena''
Möschler, 1890
Footnotes
References
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Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Lederer
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