Mapeta

"Pyralopsis" redirects here. For the grass moth genus invalidly named thus by Dognin in 1905, see Neobanepa.
Mapeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Pyralinae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Mapeta
Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Mapeta xanthomelas
Walker, 1863 [1]
Synonyms

Homalochroa Lederer, 1863
Pyralopsis Boisduval, 1870 [2]

Mapeta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae.

Species include:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mapeta at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  2. Pyralopsis at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History MuseumPitkin & Jenkins (2004)
  3. See references in Savela (2009)


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