Sparagmia
Genus of moths
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Sparagmia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.[1] Its only species, Sparagmia gonoptera, described by Pierre André Latreille in 1828, is found in Central and South America and in the Antilles.[2][3] Records include Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica.
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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Subspecies
- Sparagmia gonoptera gonoptera
- Sparagmia gonoptera shoumatoffi Munroe, 1958 (Jamaica)