Microphestia animalcula is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Microphestia. The species and the genus were described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1][2]

Microphestia
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Microphestia

Dyar, 1914
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M. animalcula
Binomial name
Microphestia animalcula
Dyar, 1914

References edit

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Microphestia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms