''Microthyris'' is a
genus
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of
pyraloid moths, belonging to the
subfamily
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Spilomelinae
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids.
Description
Imagines ...
of the grass moth
family
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(
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
).
[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)
Footnotes
References
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Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Lederer (entomologist)
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