Sisyracera
Möschler, 1890
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2Sisyracera is a of snout moths in the Crambidae, Spilomelinae, and tribe Udeini. It was established in 1890 by Heinrich Benno Möschler with Leucinodes preciosalis as the type , now synonymized with Sisyracera subulalis. The genus contains three recognized species, with distribution centered in the Neotropical region.
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Distribution
Neotropical region; barcode data indicates specimens from Rica (Area de Conservación Guanacaste) for S. subulalis.
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Species composition
The comprises three : Sisyracera inabsconsalis (Möschler, 1890), Sisyracera jacquelinae B. Landry, 2016, and Sisyracera subulalis (Guenée, 1854). Two former species have been synonymized: S. contortilinealis is now a synonym of S. inabsconsalis, and S. preciosalis is a synonym of S. subulalis.
Molecular data
barcode sequences for two Sisyracera are deposited in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD); publicly accessible sequences are currently limited to S. subulalis from Rica.