Mapeta xanthomelas

Mapeta xanthomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mapeta[1]
Species: M. xanthomelas
Binomial name
Mapeta xanthomelas
Walker, 1863
Synonyms
  • Homalochroa aestivalis Lederer, 1863
  • Pyralopsis divisa Boisduval, 1870

Mapeta xanthomelas is a species of snout moth, and the type species in the genus Mapeta. It was described by Walker in 1863, and is known from Guatemala and Venezuela.

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.


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