Almita portalia
Landry, 1995
Almita portalia is a small in the Crambidae, first described by Bernard Landry in 1995. The is known from a very limited geographic range in the southwestern United States, with records only from Arizona and California. It belongs to the Almita, a group of crambid moths about which little biological information has been published.
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Distribution
Recorded from Arizona and California in the southwestern United States.
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Taxonomic History
The was established by Canadian lepidopterist Bernard Landry in 1995. The Almita is not well-studied, and most species are known from few specimens.
Data Deficiency
With only one observation in iNaturalist and minimal published literature, this is among the least-documented North American crambid . No images, larval descriptions, or biological notes appear to be available in open-access sources.