''Chilo'' is a
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 com ...
of
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 w ...
s 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 stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
. Some of these moths are called borers.
Description
The proboscis is absent. Palpi porrect (extended forward), clothes with rough hair, and extending from two and a half to three lengths of the head. Maxillary palp dilated with scales at extremity. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae minutely serrate and ciliated. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Forewings with the apex rectangular in male, typically acute and produced in female. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated from veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.
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Species
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Chilo agamemnon''
Błeszyński, 1962
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Chilo aleniella''
(Strand, 1913)
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Chilo argyrogramma''
Hampson, 1919
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Chilo argyropasta''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo auricilius''
Dudgeon, 1905
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Chilo bandra''
(Kapur, 1950)
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Chilo batri''
(T. B. Fletcher, 1928)
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Chilo ceylonica''
Hampson, 1896
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Chilo chiriquitensis''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Chilo christophi''
Błeszyński, 1965
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Chilo cinnamomellus''
Berg, 1875
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Chilo costifusalis''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo crypsimetalla''
(Turner, 1911)
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Chilo dailingensis
''Chilo dailingensis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wang and Sung in 1981. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of count ...
''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Chilo demotellus''
Walker, 1866
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Chilo diffusilinea''
(de Joannis, 1927)
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Chilo erianthalis''
Capps, 1963
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Chilo flavirufalis
''Chilo flavirufalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Kenya
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(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo heracleus
''Chilo heracleus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1877. It is found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Am ...
''
Zeller, 1877
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Chilo ikri
''Chilo ikri'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1928. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and d ...
''
(T. B. Fletcher, 1928)
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Chilo incerta
''Chilo incerta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1926. It is found in Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link= ...
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(Sjöstedt, 1926)
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Chilo infuscatellus
''Chilo infuscatellus'', the yellow top borer or sugarcane shoot borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by the Dutch entomologist Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1890. It is found in India, Myanmar, Tajikistan, ...
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Snellen, 1890
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Chilo ingloriellus
''Chilo ingloriellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1882. It is found in Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn ...
''
Möschler, 1882
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Chilo kanra
''Chilo kanra'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1928. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and ...
''
(T. B. Fletcher, 1928)
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Chilo leucealis
''Chilo leucealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hubert Marion in 1957. It is found in Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly ...
''
(Marion, 1957)
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Chilo ingulatellus
''Chilo ingulatellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wang and Sung in 1981. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countr ...
''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Chilo louisiadalis
''Chilo louisiadalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found on the Louisiade Archipelago
The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral r ...
''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo luniferalis''
Hampson, 1896
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Chilo luteellus''
(Motschulsky 1866)
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Chilo mercatorius''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Chilo mesoplagalis''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo niponella''
(Thunberg, 1788)
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Chilo orichalcociliella''
(Strand, 1911)
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Chilo panici''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Chilo partellus
''Chilo partellus'', the spotted stalk borer or spotted stem borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1885. It is found in India, Pakistan, Iran, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, ...
''
(Swinhoe, 1885)
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Chilo perfusalis''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo phragmitella
''Chilo phragmitella'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae, sometimes referred to by the vernacular names wainscot veneer or reed veneer. It was first described by Jacob Hübner between 1805 and 1810 as ''Tinea phragmitella'', and is the ...
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(Hübner, 1805)
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Chilo plejadellus''
Zincken, 1821
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Chilo polychrysus
''Chilo polychrysus'', the dark-headed striped borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in India, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Indonesia.
The wingspan is 16–25 mm. The wings ...
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(Meyrick, 1932)
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Chilo prophylactes''
Meyrick, 1934
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Chilo psammathis''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo pulverata''
(Wileman & South, 1917)
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Chilo pulverosellus''
Ragonot 1895
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Chilo quirimbellus''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Chilo recalvus''
(Wallengren, 1876)
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Chilo sacchariphagus
''Chilo sacchariphagus'', the spotted borer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Wenceslas Bojer in 1856 and was originally found in South and South-East Asia, where there are three subspecies:
* ''C. sacchariphagus saccharip ...
''
(Bojer et al., 1856)
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Chilo spatiosellus''
Möschler, 1882
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Chilo subbivittalis''
(Gaede, 1917)
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Chilo suppressalis''
(Walker, 1860)
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Chilo tamsi''
Kapur, 1950
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Chilo terrenellus
''Chilo terrenellus'', the sugarcane borer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1900 and is found in Papua New Guinea and islands in the Torres Strait
The Torres Strait (), also known as ...
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Pagenstecher, 1900
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Chilo thyrsis''
Błeszyński, 1963
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Chilo tumidicostalis''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Chilo vergilius''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Chilo yichunensis''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Chilo zacconius''
Błeszyński, 1970
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Chilo zizaniae''
Wang & Sung, 1981
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Chilo zoriandellus''
Błeszyński, 1970
Status unclear
* ''Chilo decrepitellus''
Zincken, 1821 omen oblitum described from Germany
Former species
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Chilo williami''
(de Joannis, 1927)
References
External links
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''Chilo'' at Fauna Europaea
Chiloini
Crambidae genera
{{Chiloini-stub