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Sisyracera subulalis
Kozue Kawakami, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Sisyracera subulalis

Names

English—
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSisyracera subulalis Guenée, 1854

About this species

Sisyracera subulalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found on the West Indies (including Jamaica and Cuba) and from Florida and Texas, through Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica to Ecuador, Suriname and Brazil.

The wingspan is about 17–20 mm. Adults are on wing from September to November in the United States.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusSisyracera

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2017First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo2

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

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