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Crambidae
80a1098 – 5150   Samea castellalis Guenée, 1854
             Stained-glass Moth

© Ken Childs
Similar Species:
  • Samea ecclesialis is not found north of Mexico and males lack large abdominal tufts.
  • Samea multiplicalis
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • castellalis Guenée 1854 (Samea)
  • ecclesialis of authors not Guenée 1854 (Samea)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Samea castellalis Guenée, 1854, n. stat., is elevated from synonymy of [5150] Samea ecclesialisGuenée, 1854 in Landry (2016). There are currently no verified records of ecclesialis from north of Mexico.
    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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA0368 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Landry, B., 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 123(2): 315-399.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Samea castellalis
    © Bob Patterson
    Samea castellalis
    © Robert Zimlich
    Samea castellalis
    © Ron Votaw
    Samea castellalis
    © Ken Childs
    Samea castellalis
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Samea castellalis
    © Carol Wolf
    Samea castellalis
    © Jim Vargo

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