Aphomia fuscolimbellus

Aphomia fuscolimbellus is a species of snout moth in the genus Aphomia. It was described by Ragonot in 1887.[1] It seems to be described from North America, but the origin of the species is unknown.

Aphomia fuscolimbellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Aphomia
Species:
A. fuscolimbellus
Binomial name
Aphomia fuscolimbellus
(Ragonot, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melissoblaptes fuscolimbellus Ragonot, 1887
  • Aphomia fuscolimbella

Taxonomy

M. Alma Solis and M. A. Metz dispute that A. fuscolimbella, as described by Ragonot, belongs in the Aphomia genus. Their conclusion is based on morphological analysis, as well as the fact that other Aphomia species have not been found in the Western Hemisphere. They have not proposed an alternate placement.[2]

References
  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Solis, M. Alma; Metz, M. A. (July 2008). "Aphomia Hübner and Paralipsa Butler Species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Galleriinae) Known to Occur in the United States and Canada". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110 (3): 592–601. doi:10.4289/07-060.1. ISSN 0013-8797.


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