Sparagmia
Appearance
Sparagmia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Tribe: | Margaroniini |
Genus: | Sparagmia Guenée, 1854 |
Species: | S. gonoptera
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Binomial name | |
Sparagmia gonoptera (Latreille, 1828)
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Sparagmia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.[1] Its only species, Sparagmia gonoptera, described by Pierre André Latreille in 1828, is found in Central and South America and in the Antilles.[2][3] Records include Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica.
Subspecies
- Sparagmia gonoptera gonoptera
- Sparagmia gonoptera shoumatoffi Munroe, 1958 (Jamaica)
References
- ^ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Sparagmia Guenée, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ Moths of Jamaica