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Motya Walker, 1859

Motya Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 19: 1021, TS: Motya abseuzalis Walker
Lussa Grote, 1883; Can. Ent. 15 (7): 127, TS: Lussa nigroguttata Grote

= ; [NACL, 131]

Pleurasympieza Möschler, 1890; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16 : 146, TS: Pleurasympieza smithi Möschler

= Dichogama (Pyraustinae) ; Hampson, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898 : 676; [NHM]
= ; [NACL, 131]

Motya (Collomenini) ; [NACL, 131]
Motya (Sarrothripinae) ; [POOLE]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Casandria Walker, 1857; auth., (part)

Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859

Florida, Antilles - Brazil. See [About maps] Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 19: 1022
Lussa nigroguttata Grote, 1883; Can. Ent. 15 (7): 127

= ; [NACL, #8981]

Pleurasympieza smithii Möschler, 1890; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16 : 147, f. 18, TL: Puerto Rico

= ; [NACL, #8981]

Stictoptera tumidicosta Hampson, 1898

= ; [NACL, #8981]

Motya abseuzalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Motya abseuzalis, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Motya abseuzalis ; [NACL, #8981]; [POOLE]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 28, f. 48

Motya griselda (Dyar, 1914)

Mexico, Panama, Venezuela. See [About maps] Casandria griselda Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 201, TL: La Chorrera, Panama; Orizaba, Mexico; Aroa, Venezuela
Motya griselda ; [POOLE]

Motya flotsama (Dyar, 1914)

Panama, .... See [About maps] Casandria flotsama Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 201, TL: Trinidad R.
Motya flotsama, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Motya flotsama ; [NHM]

Motya siopera (Dyar, 1914)

Panama, Mexico, .... See [About maps] Casandria siopera Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 201, TL: La Chorrera
Motya siopera ; [NHM]

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References:

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[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[POOLE]

Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)

[Pierre Zagatti]

WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti

Some related literature:

Becker & Miller, 2002

The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 9-44

Dyar, 1914

Report on the lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 139-350

Grote, 1883

New species and notes on structure of moths and genera Can. Ent. 15 (1): 3-13, (2): 23-31, (5): 86-89, (7): 121-133

Hampson, 1898

A revision of the Moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae. Part 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898 : 590-761, pl. 49-50

Möschler, 1890

Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16 : 70-360, 1pl

Walker, 1859

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Supplement List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 1-253 ([1859]), 17: 255-508 (1859), 18: 509-798 (1859), 19: 799-1036 (1859)

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