Decaturia

Decaturia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Decaturia
Barnes & McDunnough, 1912[1]
Species: D. pectinalis
Binomial name
Decaturia pectinalis
Barnes & McDunnough, 1912[2]

Decaturia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by William Barnes of Decatur, Illinois, and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912 and contains the species Decaturia pectinalis.[1] It is found from California to southern Arizona.[3]

The wingspan is about 13 mm.

References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  3. Bug Guide


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