Mescinia parvula

Mescinia parvula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mescinia
Species:
M. parvula
Binomial name
Mescinia parvula
(Zeller, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Ephestia parvula Zeller, 1881
  • Mescinia neoparvula Neunzig & Dow, 1993

Mescinia parvula is a species of snout moth in the genus Mescinia. It was described by Zeller in 1881, and is known from Belize (including the Mountain Pine Ridge) and Colombia (including Honda, Tolima).

References

  1. ↑ Zeller, Philipp Christoph (1881). "Ephestia parvula Tab. XII, fig. 51". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, variis sermonibus in Rossia usitatis editae (in German). 16: 249. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Hampson, George Francis (1901). "M. Parvula". In Ragonot, Émile Louis (ed.). Mémoires sur les lépidoptères (in French). Vol. 8. Saint-Pétersbourg: Imprimerie de M.M. Stassuléwitch. p. 85. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Heinrich, Carl (1956). "American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae". United States National Museum Bulletin. 207: 214. Retrieved 21 March 2026.