Portentomorpha
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Genus: | Portentomorpha Amsel, 1956[1]
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Species: | P. xanthialis
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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]
References[]
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Bug Guide
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
Categories:
- Pyraustinae
- Crambidae genera
- Monotypic moth genera
- Moths of North America
- Moths of South America
- Lepidoptera of the Caribbean
- Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
- Pyraustinae stubs