Portentomorpha
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Portentomorpha Amsel, 1956[1] |
| Species: | P. xanthialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Portentomorpha xanthialis (Guenée, 1854)
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Portentomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Portentomorpha xanthialis, which is found from Texas to Louisiana and Florida, the West Indies (including Cuba, Puerto Rico) and from Mexico to Bolivia[2] (including Colombia and Ecuador).
The wingspan is 24–27 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in August in Florida.[3]
Portentomorpha is the type genus of the tribe Portentomorphini, established by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2023). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ Bug Guide
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Amsel, H. G. (1956). "Microlepidoptera Venezolana I". Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana. 10 (1954) (1–2). Maracay: 1–336.
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