Micrelephas pictellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyraloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Crambidae
Subfamilia: Crambinae
Genus: Micrelephas
Species: Micrelephas pictellus

Name

Micrelephas pictellus (Schaus, 1902)

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.

Holotype: USNM. male ♂. genitalia slide SB no. 4611.

Synonyms

• Diptychophora pictella Schaus, 1902
• Argyria pictella Schaus, 1902 by Bleszynski 1967: 96.
• Diptychophora examinalis Meyrick, 1931 (synonymized by Landry, 2000: 17).
• Argyria examinalis Meyrick, 1931 by Bleszynski 1963: 213. (synonymized by Landry, 2000: 17).

References

• Landry, B. 2000: Revision of the Neotropical genus Micrelephas (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 11(1-2): 13–27.