MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Pyralidae: Pyralinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
the subfamily PYRALINAE is probably not a 'natural' grouping and no one characteristic can be
offered to group them together. Many of the larvae of Pyralinae feed on decaying plant matter.
Heppner (1995) catalogues 46 named species in this subfamily from the Neotropics.
JAMAICAN SPECIES
I catalogue only one species of this subfamily from Jamaica. Click on the underlined
species name to go to a colour
illustration of the adult and brief information on
the species.
The genus Mapeta
Mapeta xanthomelas Walker 1863
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