Zamagiria is a genus

Genus

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 of small moths

Moths

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 belonging to the snout moth family

Family (biology)

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 (Pyralidae). They are part of the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae

Phycitinae

The Phycitinae are a subfamily of snout moths . Even though the Pyralidae subfamilies are all quite diverse, Phycitinae stand out even by standards of their family: with over 600 genera considered valid and more than 4000 species placed here at present, they unite up more than three-quarters of...

, but their exact relationships are obscure, and they are currently not assigned to a particular tribe

Tribe (biology)

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 of Phycitinae.

This genus is almost exclusively found in the Neotropic

Neotropic

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s. One species (Z. laidion) ranges north up to Florida

Florida

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, and one other (Z. exedra) was described from a specimen collected on Nuku Hiva

Nuku Hiva

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 in the Marquesas Islands

Marquesas Islands

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. But the latter may simply have been accidentially introduced, being in reality a Neotropical species whose native range has not yet been discovered.

Zamagiria moths can usually be recognized in the field by its wing veins; the forewing has 11 veins (vein 7 is missing), and veins 4 and 5 almost connect at the base in the forewings, while on the hindwings veins 4 and 5 are connected along half of their entire length.

Species

Species

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 of Zamagiria include:

• Zamagiria australella (Hulst, 1900)
• Zamagiria dixolophella Dyar, 1914
• Zamagiria exedra Clarke, 1986
• Zamagiria kendalli Blanchard, 1970
• Zamagiria laidion (Zeller, 1881)