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Achyra Guenée in Lucas, 1849

Achyra Guenée, 1849; in Lucas, Explor. Scient. d'Algérie, Zool. 3: 404, TS: Pyralis interpunctalis Hübner
Dosara Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 19: 828, TS: Dosara coelatalis Walker

= Phlyctaenodes ; Hampson, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 207
= ; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]

Eurycreon Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (10): 376, TS: Pyralis nudalis Hübner

= Phlyctaenodes ; Hampson, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 207
= ; [MNA13.2, 45]; [NACL, 70,#]; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]

Tritaea Meyrick, 1884; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884 (3): 341, TS: Scopula ustallis Walker

= Phlyctaenodes ; Hampson, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 207
= ; [MNA13.2, 45]; [NACL, 70]; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]

Achiria ; Sherborn, 1932, (missp.)
Achyria ; Sherborn, 1932, (missp.)
Achyra (Pyraustini) ; [MNA13.2, 45]; [NACL, 70]; [AUCL]
Achyra (Pyraustinae) ; [GlobIZ]

Achyra bifidalis (Fabricius, 1794)

Arizona, Texas, Mexico - Brazil - Argentina, West Indies. See [About maps] Phalaena bifidalis Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 232, TL: "Americae Insulis"
Phlyctaenodes inornatalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1456, TL: St. Domingo

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 52; [NACL, #4974]

Eurycreon evanidalis Berg, 1875; Berl./Dt. ent. Zs 19: 134, TL: Buenos Aires, Argentina

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 53; [NACL, #4974]

Eurycreon obsoletalis Berg, 1875; Berl./Dt. ent. Zs 19: 135, TL: Buenos Aires, Argentina

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 53; [NACL, #4974]

Loxostege stolidalis Schaus, 1940; Sci. Survey P. R. and Virgin Is. 12 (3): 368, TL: Ensenada, Puerto Rico

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 53; [NACL, #4974]

Achyra bifidalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Achyra bifidalis, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Loxostege bifidalis ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 52, f. 54, 98, 164-165
Achyra bifidalis ; [MNA13.2: 46, pl. 3, f. 31-32]; [NACL, #4974]

Larva on Gossypium, Portulaca [MNA13.2, 47]

Achyra rantalis (Guenée, 1854)

from (Maine - S.Quebec - Ontario) - to (Florida - Mexico), Iowa, Colorado, California, West Indies. See [About maps] Garden Webworm
Nymphula rantalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 405, TL: "Montevideo" [Error?, North America? Cuba?]
Botys siriusalis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 563, TL: United States

= ; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Botys licealis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 563, TL: United States

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Ebulea murcialis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 746, TL: St. Domingo

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Scopula nestusalis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 784, TL: United States

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Scopula diotimealis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 785, TL: St. Domingo

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Scopula crinisalis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 798

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Nephopteryx intractella Walker, 1863; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 55, TL: United States

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Botys (Eurycreon) crinitalis Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (10): 376 (emend.)
Botys posticata Grote & Robinson, 1867; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 22, TL: Pennsylvania

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Botys subfulvalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1871; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 25: 20

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Botis communis Grote, 1876; Can. Ent. 8 (5) : 99, TL: New York

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Eurycreon collucidalis Möschler, 1890; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16 : 290, TL: Puerto Rico

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 48; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Pyrausta caffreii Flint & Malloch, 1920; Bull. Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey, 13: 304

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 48; [MNA13.2, 47]; [NACL, #4975]

Achyra rantalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Achyra rantalis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Achyra rantalis, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Loxostege rantalis ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 47, f. 51, 94, 153-154
Achyra rantalis ; [MNA13.2: 47, pl. 3, f. 20-25, pl. E, f. 4, pl. P, f. 4]; [NACL, #4975]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Nymphula similalis Guenée, 1854; auth., (part)

Achyra similalis (Guenée, 1854)

Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Castro Parana), Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador. See [About maps] Nymphula similalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 403, TL: ? Montevideo, Uruguay
Tritea ferruginea Warren, 1892; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 9 (50): 179, TL: Coquimbo, Chile

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 52

Pyralis garalis Schaus, 1906; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1444) : 141, TL: São Paulo, Brazil

= ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 52

Loxostege similalis ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 51, f. 50, 95, 157-158

Achyra occidentalis (Packard, 1873)

California. See [About maps] Scopula occidentalis Packard, 1873; Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N.Y. 10 : 260, TL: California
Achyra occidentalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Loxostege occidentalis ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 50, f. 52, 96, 155-156
Achyra occidentalis ; [MNA13.2: 48, pl. 3, f. 26-30, pl. E, f. 5, pl. P, f. 5]; [NACL, #4976]

Achyra brasiliensis (Capps, 1967)

Brazil (São Paulo). See [About maps] Loxostege brasiliensis Capps, 1967; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 55, f. 55, 99, 166-167, TL: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Achyra brasiliensis ; [NHM]

Achyra piuralis (Capps, 1967)

Peru. See [About maps] Loxostege piuralis Capps, 1967; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 55, f. 57, 100, 168-169, TL: Piura, Peru
Achyra piuralis ; [NHM]

Achyra protealis (Warren, 1892)

Peru. See [About maps] Tritaea protealis Warren, 1892; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 9 (50): 178, TL: San Lorenzo Is., Callao, Peru
Loxostege protealis ; Capps, 1967, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 56, f. 56, 97, 162
Achyra protealis ; [NHM]

Achyra affinitalis (Lederer, 1863)

AU. See [About maps] Botys affinitalis Lederer, 1863
Scopula ustalis Walker, [1866]

= ; [MNA13.2, 45]; [AUCL]

Scopula turbidalis Walker, [1866]

= ; [AUCL]

Nymphyla sordida Butler, 1886

= ; [AUCL]

Achyra affinitalis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Achyra affinitalis ; [AUCL]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[GlobIZ]

Global information system on pyraloidea; GlobIZ; Globales Informtationssystem Zünslerfalter; Note This information is not automatically synchronized with GlobIZ and can sometimes be lagging behind.

[MNA13.2]

Munroe, 1976; The Moths of America North of Mexico: (A) 1-78, pl. 1-4, A-H, (B) 79-150, pl. 5-8, J-U; Fascicle 13.2 (A + B); PYRALOIDEA; Pyralidae (Part), Pyraustinae, Pyraustini

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:

Berg, 1875

Pyralididae Argentini Berl./Dt. ent. Zs 19: 129-144

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Huitiéme. Deltoides et Pyralites Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 1-448, Atlas (Deltoides & Pyralides): pl. 1-10 (1858)

Capps, 1967

Review of some species of Loxostege Hübner and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraustidae, Pyraustinae) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 120 (3561) : 1-75, pl. [1]-[7]

Flint & Malloch, 1920

The European corn-bores and some similar native insects Bull. Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey, 13: 287-305

Grote, 1876

New Pyralids Can. Ent. 8 (5) : 98-99

Grote & Robinson, 1867

Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. - No. 1-3 Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 1 : 1-30, pl. 1-2, : 171-192, pl. 4, : 323-360, pl. 6-7

Hampson, 1899

A revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae. Part 2 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899 : 172-291

Lederer, 1863

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyralidinen Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (8): 243-280, (10): 331-378, (11): 379-426, (12): 427-502, pl. 2-18

Meyrick, 1884

On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884 (1): 61-80, 1884 (3): 277-350, 1885 (4): 421-456

Möschler, 1890

Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16 : 70-360, 1pl

Packard, 1873

Catalogue of the Pyralidae of California, with descriptions of new Californian Pterophoridae Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N.Y. 10 : 257-267 (1874)

Schaus, 1906

Descriptions of new South American Moths Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1444) : 85-141

Schaus, 1923

Galapagos Heterocera with descriptions of new species Zoologica 5 (2) : 23-48

Schaus, 1940

Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands - moths of the families Geometridae and Pyralidae Sci. Survey P. R. and Virgin Is. 12 (3): 291-417

Walker, 1859

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Supplement List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 1-253 ([1859]), 17: 255-508 (1859), 18: 509-798 (1859), 19: 799-1036 (1859)

Walker, 1863

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 1-286 (1863), 28: 287-562 (1863), 29: 563-836 (1864), 30: 836-1096 (1864)

Walker, [1866]

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

Warren, 1892

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Pyralidae contained in the British-Museum Collection Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 9 (50): 172-179, (52): 294-302, (53): 389-397, (54): 429-442

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