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Sparagmia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Margaroniini
Genus: Sparagmia
Guenée, 1854
Species: S. gonoptera
Binomial name
Sparagmia gonoptera
(Latreille, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena gonoptera Latreille, 1828
  • Sparagmia gigantalis Guenée, 1854

Sparagmia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its only species, Sparagmia gonoptera, described by Pierre André Latreille in 1828, is found in Central and South America and in the Antilles. Records include Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica.

Subspecies

  • Sparagmia gonoptera gonoptera
  • Sparagmia gonoptera shoumatoffi Munroe, 1958 (Jamaica)

References

  1. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Sparagmia Guenée, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  2. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  3. Moths of Jamaica
Taxon identifiers
Sparagmia


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