Mescinia berosa

Mescinia berosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mescinia
Species:
M. berosa
Binomial name
Mescinia berosa
Dyar, 1914

Mescinia berosa is a species of snout moth in the genus Mescinia. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914 and is known from Panama (including Rio Trinidad, the type location) and Puerto Rico.

References

  1. ↑ Dyar, Harrison G. (1914). "Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 47 (2050). Smithsonian Institution: 341. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.47-2050.139. ISSN 0096-3801.
  2. ↑ Neunzig, H H (2000). "New species of Puerto Rican Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 102. Entomological Society of Washington: 838–842. Retrieved 2026-03-06.