Microthyris

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Spilomelinae
Similar Microthyris anormalis, Lygropia, Sparagmia

Microthyris is a genus of pyraloid moths, belonging to the subfamily Spilomelinae of the grass moth family (Crambidae).

Species

Microthyris alvinalis (Guenée, 1854)

Microthyris anormalis (Guenée, 1854)

Microthyris asadias (Druce, 1899)

Microthyris lelex (Cramer, 1777)

Microthyris microthyralis (Snellen, 1899)

Microthyris miscellalis (Möschler, 1890)

Microthyris prolongalis (Guenée, 1854)

Junior synonyms of Microthyris are:

Crossophora Möschler, 1890 (non Meyrick, 1883: preoccupied)

Grossophora (lapsus)

Cyclocena Möschler, 1890

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