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Assembly Moth
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Butterflies & moths

Assembly Moth

Samea ecclesialis Guenée, 1854

Names

EnglishAssembly Moth
Dutch—
SpanishPolilla Vitral
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSamea ecclesialis Guenée, 1854

About this species

Samea ecclesialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas.

Adults are on wing nearly year-round in the southern part of the range.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusSamea

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
10iNaturalist observations
2010First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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