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Mecyna asinalis (Hübner, 1819)
Snout moths
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Classification:

  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Class Insecta
  • Order LEPIDOPTERA
  • Suborder
  • Superfamily PYRALOIDEA
  • Family PYRALIDAE
  • Subfamily PYRAUSTINAE
  • Genus Mecyna
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CITATION
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P. 2006. An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeograghical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=8839
IRISH STATUS
See Explanatory Text
Accepted
NORTHERN IRELAND
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
No RecordsNo Records
STATUS OF NAME
Current name
VALIDATING LITERATURE
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R., O'Connor, J.P. 2006, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeographical Society,
Bradley, J.D.. 1953, Microlepidoptera collected in the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland in 1952, including a plume moth new to the British list, Ent. Gaz., 4: 135-140
Chalmers-Hunt, J.M. 1982, On Some Interesting Irish Lepidoptera in the National Museum of Ireland, Irish Naturalists' Journal, 20: 531-537
Beirne, B.P.. 1941, A list of the Microlepidoptera of Ireland, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 47B: 53-147
LITERATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION
LITERATURE FOR TAXONOMIC CHANGE
LITERATURE FOR ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION
LOCATION OF VOUCHER
EXPLANATORY TEXT
Bradley, 1953b). Chalmers-Hunt (1982) refers to an earlier specimen in the Bullock collection. Beirne (1941) had treated the previous Irish records (as Pyrausta) as doubtful.

CHECKLIST VERSION  2006

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