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Megastes
Megastes is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Megastes praxiteles
speciesMegastes praxiteles

Sweet Potato Moth
speciesMegastes grandalis

Megastes erythrostolalis
speciesMegastes erythrostolalis

Megastes spilosoma
speciesMegastes spilosoma

Megastes pusialis
speciesMegastes pusialis

Megastes rosinalis
speciesMegastes rosinalis

Megastes major
speciesMegastes major

Megastes zarbinalis
speciesMegastes zarbinalis
Megastes rhexialis
speciesMegastes rhexialis
Megastes brunnealis
speciesMegastes brunnealis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Megastes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 474118.