Microthyris

Microthyris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Genus:	Microthyris Lederer, 1863^[1]

Microthyris is a genus of pyraloid moths, belonging to the subfamily Spilomelinae of the grass moth family (Crambidae).^[2]

Species

Microthyris alvinalis (Guenée, 1854)
Microthyris anormalis (Guenée, 1854)
Microthyris asadias (Druce, 1899)
Microthyris miscellalis (Möschler, 1890)
Microthyris prolongalis (Guenée, 1854)

Junior synonyms of Microthyris are:^[3]

Crossophora Möschler, 1890 (non Meyrick, 1883: preoccupied)
Grossophora (lapsus)

Footnotes

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
^ See references in Savela (2005)

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Microthyris. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-26.
Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Microthyris. Version of 2005-SEP-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-26.