Mapeta xanthomelas is a species of snout moth and the type species in the genus Mapeta.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Jamaica and Mexico to Venezuela.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Mapeta |
Species: | M. xanthomelas
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Binomial name | |
Mapeta xanthomelas Walker, 1863
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References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.