Portentomorpha

Portentomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Portentomorpha xanthialis, which is found from Texas to Louisiana and Florida, the West Indies (including Cuba, Puerto Rico) and from Mexico to Bolivia^[2] (including Colombia and Ecuador).

Portentomorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Portentomorpha Amsel, 1956^[1]
Species:	P. xanthialis
Binomial name
Portentomorpha xanthialis (Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
Apoecetes Munroe, 1956 Botys xanthialis Guenée, 1854 Apoecetes xanthialis Botys incalis Snellen, 1875 Botys incalis var. rosealis Möschler, 1890 Botys superbalis Walker, 1866

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in August in Florida.^[3]

Portentomorpha is the type genus of the tribe Portentomorphini, established by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956.^[4]

References

1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2023). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2023-02-01.
2. Bug Guide
3. mothphotographersgroup
4. Amsel, H. G. (1956). "Microlepidoptera Venezolana I". Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana. 10 (1954) (1–2). Maracay: 1–336.