Megasis phi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyraloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Pyralidae
Subfamilia: Phycitinae
Tribus: Phycitini
Genus: Megasis
Species: Megasis phi

Megasis phi (Heinrich, 1956)

Type locality: USA, Arizona, White Mountains.

Holotype: USNM. female ♀. Type 61361.

Sarata phi Heinrich, 1956: 165, fig. 891. (Original combination); Pohl & Nanz, 2023: 243.
Megasis phi (Heinrich, 1956); Leraut, 2021: 65; Pohl & Nanz, 2025: 109 (Implicit reflection).

Heinrich, C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 207: i–viii, 1–581, figs 1–1138. BHL Reference page.
Leraut, G. 2021. Spécies général des Phycitinae (Lep.: Pyraloidea, Pyralidae). A global comprehensive check-list of the Phycitinae (Lep.: Pyraloidea, Pyralidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie Générale 2(5-6, Supplement): 1-372. [plus index, total 494 pp.] Reference page.
Pohl, G.R. & Nanz, S.R. (eds.) 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California. xiv + 580 pp. PDF Reference page.
Pohl, G.R. & Nanz, S.R. 2025. Corrections to the 2023 "Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico". Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 79(2): 104–116. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.79i2.a4 Online Reference page.