Mimophobetron

Mimophobetron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Mimophobetron

Munroe, 1950
Species:
M. pyropsalis
Binomial name
Mimophobetron pyropsalis
(Hampson, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Pyrausta pyropsalis Hampson, 1904
  • Pyrausta liopasialis Dyar, 1914
  • Pyrausta rhodope Hampson, 1913
  • Pyrausta rhodope ab. rhodopides Strand, 1917

Mimophobetron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1950. It contains only one species, Mimophobetron pyropsalis, described by George Hampson in 1904, which is found in Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras), the Bahamas and Florida.

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