Neocataclysta

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Neocataclysta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Neocataclysta magnificalis, the scrollwork pyralid moth, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario and South Carolina.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Crambidae
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Neocataclysta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neocataclysta
Lange, 1956[1]
Species:
N. magnificalis
Binomial name
Neocataclysta magnificalis
(Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis magnificalis Hübner, 1796
  • Cataclysta helopalis Clemens, 1860
  • Cataclysta lamialis Walker, 1859
  • Cataclysta heliopalis
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Adults have been recorded on wing year round.[2]

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