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Megasis is a genus of snout moths described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyPyralidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
Family
Pyralidae
Collections
USNM, CASC
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pyralidae
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taxon name
Megasis
taxon rank
genus
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Megasis is a genus of snout moths described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

==Species== List after Leraut, 2021 Megasis alpha (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis alpherakii Ragonot, 1887 Megasis atrella (Hulst, 1890) Megasis beta (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis caudellella (Dyar, 1904) Megasis cinereella (Hulst, 1900) Megasis delta (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis dophnerella (Ragonot, 1887) Megasis edwardsialis (Hulst, 1886) Megasis epsilon (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis gamma (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis hyrcanella Ragonot, 1893 Megasis iota (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis kappa (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis kocaki Akin, 2016 Megasis lesurella D. Lucas, 1932 Megasis nigrifasciella (Ragonot, 1887) Megasis perfuscalis (Hulst, 1886) Megasis phi (Heinrich, 1956) Megasis pullatella Ragonot, 1887 Megasis punctella Dyar, 1914 Megasis ragonoti P. Leraut, 2003 Megasis rippertella (Zeller, 1839) Megasis rubrithoracella (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) Megasis signatella (Pagenstecher, 1907) Megasis tephrella Ragonot, 1893

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