Metephestia simplicula
Sign in to saveMetephestia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Metephestia simplicula, was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881. It is known from Colombia, southern Florida, Puerto Rico and the West Indies.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Puerto Rico
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- Metephestia simplicula
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- short name
- M. simplicula
- has host
- Indigofera suffruticosa
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Metephestia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Metephestia simplicula, was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881. It is known from Colombia, southern Florida, Puerto Rico and the West Indies.
There are several generations per year.
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