MOTHS OF BELIZE
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
11. Mimallonidae
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The Mimallonidae are a small family of some 250 species which, with
the exception of four North American species, are confined to the New World
tropics. There has
been no illustrated review since Seitz (1925) but Becker (in Heppner, 1996)
catalogues all of the currently-known neotropical species.
I have collected seven species in Belize so far, and have managed
to identify five - with varying degrees of certainty - as listed below. Please
click on any underlined species names to go to a colour
illustration of the adult
(and sometimes its genitalia) and brief information on
the species.
Pamea parostia (?)Schaus 1928
Mimallo amilia Cramer 1780
Trogoptera althora Schaus 1928
Cicinnus mexicana Druce 1898
Lacosoma raydela Schaus 1928
Genus & species indet. 1
Genus & species indet. 2
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