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Pyralidae 80a0012 – 5550   Lepidomys irrenosa Guenée, 1852

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Description/ Field Marks: Sexually dimorphic, see synonymy in Hampson in Smith (1900), Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: irrenosa Guenée 1852 (Lepidomys) - MONA 1983: 5550 olealis Ragonot 1891 (Chalinitis)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Guenée, M.A., 1852. Noctuelites, 2. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 6: 202; pl. 10, fig. 1. Hampson, G.F, 1897. On the classification of the Chrysauginae, a subfamily of moths of the family Pyralidae. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1897 (3): 684. Hampson, G.F., 1900. in Smith: Notes and. News. Entomological Gleanings from all quarters of the globe. Entomological News, 11: 509. Ragonot, E.L., 1891. Essai sur la classification des Pyralites. Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 6(10): 529; pl. 5, fig. 6. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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