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Crambidae
80a0935 – 5243   Patania silicalis (Guenée, 1854)
             Herbivorous Patania

© Patrick Coin
Similar Species:
  • 5278 Herpetogramma centrostrigalis.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • silicalis Guenée 1854 (Botys) - MONA 1983: 5243; Type locality: French Guyana, Cayenne
  • cypraealis Walker 1859 (Botys)
  • fluctuosalis Dyar [1903] (Sylepta)
  • penumbralis Grote 1877 (Botis)
  • sublutalis Druce 1895 (Condylorrhiza)
  • sublutalis Warren 1889 (Hapalia)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Patania silicalis (Guenée, 1854) was formerly in the genus Pleuroptya, Journ. Entomol. Research, 31 (3): 265-275.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Guenée, M.A., 1854. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 8(8): 349.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Kirti, J.S. & N.S. Gill, 2007. Revival of genus Patania Moore and reporting of a new species menoni (Pyraustinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of Entomological Research, 31 (3): 265-275.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Patania silicalis
    © Hugh McGuinness
    Patania silicalis
    © Gary Phillips
    Patania silicalis
    © Ken Childs
    Patania silicalis
    24mm – © Jim Vargo
    Patania silicalis
    27mm – © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Patania silicalis
    © George Smiley LG
    rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 7mm
    Patania silicalis
    © George Smiley LG
    rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 14mm
    Patania silicalis
    © George Smiley LG
    rolled up Boehmeria cylindrica - 20mm
    Patania silicalis
    © George Smiley LG
    26mm
    Patania silicalis
    © George Smiley LG
    15mm
    Patania silicalis
    © Ken Childs LG

    Patania silicalis
    © Ken Childs LG

    Patania silicalis
    © Ken Childs LG


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