Mimophobetron
Genus of moths
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Mimophobetron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1950.[2] It contains only one species, Mimophobetron pyropsalis, described by George Hampson in 1904, which is found in Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico,[3] Honduras), the Bahamas[4] and Florida.[5]
| Mimophobetron | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Mimophobetron Munroe, 1950[1] |
| Species: | M. pyropsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimophobetron pyropsalis (Hampson, 1904) | |
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