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Crambidae 80a0927 – 5248.1   Lygropia memmialis (Walker, 1859)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: memmialis (Walker, 1859) (Botys) Taxonomic Notes: Lygropia memmialis (Walker, 1859), listed as a synonym of Lygropia tripunctata in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), is recognized as a species in Scholtens & Solis (2015), ZooKeys, 535: 107 following the treatment in Munroe (1995).

References

Munroe, E.G., V.O. Becker, J.C. Shaffer, M. Shaffer, M.A. Solis, 1995. Pyraloidea [60. Pyralidae]. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 3. Checklist: Part 2. Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL, 34-79. Scholtens, B.G. & M.A. Solis, 2015. Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. ZooKeys, 535: 1-136. Walker, F., 1859. Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London, 18: 732.

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