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Crambidae 801175.00 – 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: • Botys memmialis Walker, 1859 Taxonomic Notes: Lygropia memmialis (Walker, 1859), listed as a synonym of 5248 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., 1995. Crambidae (Crambinae, Schoenobiinae, Cybalomiinae, Linostinae, Glaphyriinae, Dichogaminae, Scopariinae, Musotiminae, Midilinae, Nymphulinae, Odontiinae, Evergestinae, Pyraustinae). In J.B. Heppner (ed.), The Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, 2: 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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