WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Crambidae 801428.00 – 4953.1 – Anania plectilis – (Grote & Robinson, 1867)

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Ken Childs [T] Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Taxonomic Notes: Anania plectilis (Grote & Robinson, 1867), formerly treated as a synonym of Anania coronata (Hufnagel, 1767), a species extralimital to North America, is raised to full species status, Systematic Entomology. 37: 687-705.

References

Species Page at BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System Species Page at BugGuide.Net Yang Z., J-F. Landry, L. Handfield , Y. Zhang, M.A. Solis, D. Handfield, B.G. Scholtens, M. Mutanen, M. Nuss, P.D.N. Hebert, 2012. DNA barcoding and morphology reveal three cryptic species of Anania (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) in North America, all distinct from their European counterpart. Systematic Entomology, 37: 687-705.

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone