Biology:Decaturia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Decaturia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Decaturia
Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Species:
D. pectinalis
Binomial name
Decaturia pectinalis
Barnes & McDunnough, 1912

Decaturia is a monotypic snout moth genus (family Pyralidae). Its only species, Decaturia pectinalis, is found from California to southern Arizona.[1] Both the genus and species were described by William Barnes of Decatur, Illinois, and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912.[2][3][4]

The wingspan is about 13 mm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5248819 entry