Megasis perfuscalis

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

Megasis perfuscalis (Hulst, 1886)

Type locality: USA, California

Typus: AMNH

Nephopteryx [Sic] perfuscalis Hulst, 1886: 161. (Original combination)
Sarata perfuscalis (Hulst, 1886); Hulst, 1889: 168; Heinrich, 1956: 164, fig. 893; Pohl & Nanz, 2023: 243.
Megasis perfuscalis (Hulst, 1886); Leraut, 2021: 65; Pohl & Nanz, 2025: 109 (Implicit reflection).

Heterotypic
Anersatia excantalis Hulst, 1886: 163 (Junior synonym of Sarata perfuscalis (Hulst, 1886) in (Heinrich, 1956: 164).
- Type locality: USA, California
  - Typus: AMNH
= Megasis excantalis (Hulst, 1886); Hulst, 1889: 165.

Hulst, G.D. 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 13: 145-168. Reference page.
Hulst, G.D. 1890. The Phycitidæ of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 17: 93–228. JSTOR 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.