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Portentomorpha

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Portentomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Portentomorpha

Amsel, 1956[1]
Species:
P. xanthialis
Binomial name
Portentomorpha xanthialis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Apoecetes Munroe, 1956
  • Botys xanthialis Guenée, 1854
  • Apoecetes xanthialis
  • Botys incalis Snellen, 1875
  • Botys incalis var. rosealis Möschler, 1890
  • Botys superbalis Walker, 1866

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]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ^ Bug Guide
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup


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