Fumibotys
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
Genus: | Fumibotys Munroe, 1976[1] |
Species: | F. fumalis
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Binomial name | |
Fumibotys fumalis (Guenée, 1854)
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Fumibotys is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae which was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976. Its single species, Fumibotys fumalis, the mint root borer moth, described by Achille Guenée in 1854, is found in most of North America.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ "801424.00 – 4950 – Fumibotys fumalis – Mint Root Borer Moth – (Guenée, 1854)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 13, 2018.