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Pyralidae 80a0395 – 5883   Megasis kappa (Heinrich, 1956)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: kappa (Heinrich, 1956) (Sarata)   Type locality: Arizona. Taxonomic Notes: Megasis kappa (Heinrich, 1956) was formerly listed listed in the genus Sarata, a name synonymized with Megasis in Leraut (2021). This treatment was overlooked by Scholtens & Hayden (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023). Excluded from Neunzig (2003), this name is treated as "valid unassociated female" in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) and in Scholtens & Solis (2015).

References

Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin United States National Museum, 207: 165; fig. 887. Leraut, G.H.C., 2021. A global comprehensive check-list of the Phycitinae (Lep.: Pyraloidea, Pyralidae). Revue Française d’Entomologie Générale, 2 (5–6, Supplement): 1–371, tables. Scholtens, B.G. & M.A. Solis, 2015. Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. ZooKeys, 535: 1-136.

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