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Crambidae 801005 – 5287.2 – Salbia melanobathrum (Dyar, 1914)

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Salbia melanobathrum (Dyar, 1914) is now recognized in the fauna of North America north of Mexico, specimen collected from Okeechobee Co., FL by Jim Vargo in 2013 (see Hayden, 2016) later identified by James Hayden in 2019.

Dyar, H.G., 1914. Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 246. Dyar, H.G., 1914. Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 264. Hayden, J.E., 2016. Salbia sp., a crambid moth, a new continental usa record. Tri-ology, 55(4): 7. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

- LG - © McGuire Center Coll. Photo by L. Gaudette, slide preperation by J.E Hayden.

- LG - © McGuire Center Coll. Photo by L. Gaudette, slide preperation by J.E Hayden.

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