Moerbes

Moerbes is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. Its single species, Moerbes dryopella, was described by William Schaus in 1913, originally as Zophodia dryopella. It was subsequently moved under the genus Moerbes by Dyar.^[1] It is found in Panama.^[2]

Moerbes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Phycitinae
Genus:	Moerbes Dyar, 1914
Species:	M. dryopella
Binomial name
Moerbes dryopella (Schaus, 1913)
Synonyms
Zophodia dryopella Schaus, 1913