Decaturia
Genus of moths
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Decaturia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 |
| Species: | D. pectinalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Decaturia pectinalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 | |
The wingspan is about 13 mm.
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