Agroterini is a

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of the species-rich

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Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids. Description Imagines ...

in the pyraloid moth

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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 includ ...

. The tribe was erected by

Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque (1871–1941) was a French botanist who was an expert in lichens. Acloque was broadly interested in natural history and wrote books on the flora and fauna (insects) of France. Selected works * ''Les Champigno ...

in 1897.

Genera

Agroterini currently contains 30 genera, altogether comprising 433 species: *'' Aetholix'' Lederer, 1863 *''

Agrotera Agrotera ( Gr. , "the huntress") was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, the most important goddess to Attic hunters. At Agrae on the Ilissos, where she was believed to have first hunted after her arrival from Delos, Artemis Agrotera had a ...

'' Schrank, 1802 (= ''Agroptera'' Hampson, 1899) *''

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'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Bocchoropsis'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Chalcidoptera'' Butler, 1887 (= ''Chaleidoptera'' Carus, 1888, ''Euthalantha'' Snellen, 1895) *'' Chilochromopsis'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Coenostolopsis'' Munroe, 1960 *'' Diastictis'' Hübner, 1818 (= ''Anomostictis'' Warren, 1892, ''Diastichtis'' Forbes, 1923) *'' Framinghamia'' Strand, 1920 *'' Glaucobotys'' Maes, 2008 *'' Goliathodes'' Munroe, 1974 *''

Gypodes ''Gypodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Gypodes vexilliferalis'', which is found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest ...

'' Munroe, 1976 *'' Haritalodes'' Warren, 1890 *'' Lygropia'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hyperthalia'' Warren, 1896) *'' Lypotigris'' Hübner, 1825 *'' Micromartinia'' Amsel, 1957 (= ''Martinia'' Amsel, 1956) *''

Microthyris ''Microthyris'' is a genus of pyraloid moths, belonging to the subfamily Spilomelinae of the grass moth family (Crambidae).Pitkin & Jenkins (2004) The genus was first described by Julius Lederer in 1863. Species The genus includes the following ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Crossophora'' Möschler, 1890, ''Cyclocena'' Möschler, 1890, ''Grossophora'' Munroe, 1956) *''

Nagiella ''Nagiella'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was established by Eugene G. Munroe in 1964 as a replacement name for ''Nagia'' Walker, 1866, a name that was preoccupied by '' Nagia'' Walker, 1858 in the Lepidoptera family Erebidae. ...

'' Munroe, 1976 *''

Neoanalthes ''Neoanalthes'' is a genus of moths of the family 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 stem ...

'' Yamanaka & Kirpichnikova, 1993 *''

Nosophora ''Nosophora'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *'' Nosophora albiguttalis'' Swinhoe, 1890 *'' Nosophora barbata'' Hampson, 1899 *'' Nosophora bisexualis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Nosophora dispilalis'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Nosophora eu ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Analthes'' Lederer, 1863, ''Analtes'' Lederer, 1863, ''Eidama'' Walker, 1866) *''

Notarcha ''Notarcha'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. Species *''Notarcha aurolinealis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Notarcha auroralis'' (Moore, 1888) *'' Notarcha butyrina'' Meyrick, 1886 *''Notarcha cassusalis'' ...

'' Meyrick, 1884 (= ''Haritala'' Moore, 1886) *''

Pantographa ''Pantographa'' is a genus of moths of the family 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 ste ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Pantographis'' Lederer, 1863, ''Pantograpta'' Hampson, 1899) *''

Paranacoleia ''Paranacoleia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Paranacoleia cuspidata'' Du & Li, 2008 *''Paranacoleia elegantula'' Du & Li, 2008 *''Paranacoleia lophophoralis'' (Hampson, 1912) *''Paranacoleia lubrica ''Paranacoleia lu ...

'' Inoue, 1982 *''

Patania ''Patania'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1888. Species * '' Patania aedilis'' (Meyrick, 1887) * '' Patania aegrotalis'' (Zeller, 1852) * '' Patania agilis'' (Meyrick, 1936) * ''Patania balteata'' (F ...

'' Moore, 1888 (= ''Loxoscia'' Warren, 1890, ''Nagia'' Walker, 1866, ''Pleuroptya'' Meyrick, 1890) *'' Phaedropsis'' Warren, 1890 (= ''Trichognathos'' Amsel, 1956, ''Trichognathus'' Edwards & Vevers, 1975) *'' Phostria'' Hübner, 1819 (= ''Antennodes'' Swinhoe, 1906, ''Condega'' Moore, 1886, ''Hoplisa'' Snellen, 1899, ''Oedematarcha'' Swinhoe, 1900, ''Parbokla'' Swinhoe, 1900, ''Plectrona'' Snellen, 1895, ''Plectroctena'' Snellen, 1881, ''Saroscelis'' Meyrick, 1894, ''Vatica'' Walker, 1869) *'' Phryganodes'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Phyganodes'' Dognin, 1907) *'' Suhela'' Singh, Ranjan, Kirti & Chandra, 2022 *'' Tetracona'' Meyrick, 1884 *'' Ulopeza'' Zeller, 1852 (= ''Pseudanalthes'' Warren, 1890, ''Pseudanaltes'' Hampson, 1898, ''Xacca'' Walker, 1869, ''Xasca'' Neave, 1940)

References

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