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Austromusotima Camptozonale2
''Austromusotima'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Austromusotima camptozonale ''Austromusotima camptozonale'', the climbing maidhair pyralid moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is native to Australia, but attempts have been made to introduce it to southern Florida as a biological control agent for Old World climbi ...'' (Hampson, 1897) *'' Austromusotima metastictalis'' (Hampson, 1917) References Musotiminae Crambidae genera {{Musotiminae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes. In many classifications, the Crambidae have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae or snout-moths. The principal difference is a structure in the tympanal organs called the praecinctorium, which joins two tympanic membranes in the Crambidae, and is absent from the Pyralidae. The latest review by Munroe and Solis, in Kristensen (1999), retains the Crambidae as a full family. The family currently comprises 15 subfamilies with altogether 10,347 species in over 1,000 genera. Systematics *subfamilia incertae sedis **''Conotalis'' Hampson, 1919 **''Exsilirarcha'' Salmon & Bradley, 1956 *Subfamily Acentropinae Stephens, 1836 *Subfamily Crambinae Latreille, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austromusotima Camptozonale
''Austromusotima camptozonale'', the climbing maidhair pyralid moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is native to Australia, but attempts have been made to introduce it to southern Florida as a biological control agent for Old World climbing fern. The wingspan is about 10 mm. The larvae feed on ''Lygodium microphyllum ''Lygodium microphyllum'' (commonly known as, variously, climbing maidenhair fern, Old World climbing fern, small-leaf climbing fern, or snake fern) is a climbing fern originating in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia. It is ...'', '' Lygodium japonicum'' and '' Lygodium palmatum''. References External linksEfforts to establish a foliage-feeding moth, Austromusotima camptozonale, against Lygodium microphyllum in Florida, considered in the light of a retrospective review of establishment success of weed biocontrol agents [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austromusotima Metastictalis
''Austromusotima metastictalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in New Guinea and possibly also in northern Queensland in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... The length of the forewings is 7.8–8.4 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white. In males, the marginal line is orange or yellow and the submarginal line grayish brown. The ground color of the females is brownish yellow or brownish white with a wing pattern similar to the males. Adults are on wing throughout the year, usually peaking after the wet season. References Moths described in 1917 Musotiminae {{Musotiminae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musotiminae
Musotiminae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 Genera *'' Aeolopetra'' *''Albusambia'' *'' Ambia'' (= ''Metathyrida'' , ''Metathyridia'' ) *'' Austromusotima'' *'' Baeoptila'' *'' Barisoa'' *''Cilaus'' *'' Drosophantis'' *'' Elachypteryx'' *'' Eugauria'' *'' Lygomusotima'' *''Malleria'' *''Midilambia'' *'' Musotima'' (= ''Musotina'' ) *'' Neomusotima'' *'' Neurophyseta'' (= ''Cymoriza'' , ''Cymorrhiza'' , ''Neurophysetis'' , ''Omphaloptera'' ) *'' Odilla'' *''Panotima'' *''Parthenodes'' *''Siamusotima'' *'' Thysanoidma'' *''Undulambia'' (= ''Ambia albitesselalis'' ) *''Uthinia'' *''Yoshiyasua ''Yoshiyasua'' is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Musotiminae. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error. The genus contains ...'' (= ''Melanochroa'' ) References * , 1998: The Scopari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
