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Crambinae is a large
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...
of the
lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described speci ...
n 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 ...
, the crambid snout
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. It currently includes over 1,800
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriat ...
worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasses, maize, sugar cane, rice, and other Poaceae. The
monophyly
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic ...
of this group is supported by the structure of the
tympanal organ
A tympanal organ (or tympanic organ) is a hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane ( tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac and associated sensory neurons. Sounds vibrate the membrane, and the vibrations are sensed by ...
s and the phallus attached medially to the
juxta, as well as genetic analyses.
Taxonomists' opinions differ as to the correct placement of the
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 authorities treating them as a subfamily of the family
Pyralidae. If this is done, the present group would be demoted to
tribe
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status, as Crambini.
Crambinae taxonomy
*tribe ''
incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
''
**''
Anaclastis''
Turner, 1904
**''
Aphrophantis''
Meyrick, 1933
**''
Argentochiloides''
Błeszyński, 1961 (= ''Argentochilo''
Błeszyński & Collins, 1962)
**''
Australargyria''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Autarotis''
Meyrick, 1886 (= ''Pogonoptera''
Turner, 1911)
**''
Batiana''
Walker, 1866
**''
Burmannia''
Bleszynski, 1965
**''
Catancyla''
Hampson, 1919
**''
Catharylla''
Zeller, 1863
**''
Charltona''
Swinhoe, 1886
**''
Charltoniada''
Strand, 1918
**''
Conocrambus''
Hampson, 1919 (= ''Anaresca''
Turner, 1947)
**''
Corynophora''
Berg, 1898 (= ''Halterophora''
Meyrick, 1897)
**''
Cypholomia''
Meyrick, 1933
**''
Diadexia''
Turner, 1905
**''
Diploptalis''
Hampson, 1919 (= ''Diplotalis''
Błeszyński, 1963)
**''
Diploschistis''
Meyrick, 1937
**''
Elethyia''
Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889
**''
Epina''
Walker, 1866 (= ''Diatraenopsis''
Dyar & Heinrich, 1927)
**''
Eurhythma''
Turner, 1904 (= ''Eurythma''
Błeszyński & Collins, 1962)
**''
Hemiplatytes''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 (= ''Alamogordia''
Dyar & Heinrich, 1927)
**''
Hemiptocha
''Hemiptocha'' 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 ...
''
Dognin, 1905
**''
Idioblasta''
Warren, 1891
**''
Japonichilo''
Okano, 1962
**''
Kupea
''Kupea'' is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Triuridaceae, native to tropical Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 ...
''
Philpott, 1930
**''
Libuna
''Libuna'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1886. It contains only one species, ''Libuna solitella'', described by Francis Walker in 1866, which is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, à· ...
''
Moore, 1886 (= ''Bulina''
Walker, 1866)
**''
Lyndia
''Lyndia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Lyndia cannarum'', which is found in Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the n ...
''
Savigny, 1816
**''
Maoricrambus''
Gaskin, 1975
**''
Mestolobes
''Mestolobes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. All species are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Species
*''Mestolobes abnormis'' (Butler, 1882)
*''Mestolobes amethystias'' Meyrick, 1899
...
''
Butler, 1882 (= ''Promylaea''
Meyrick, 1899)
**''
Metaeuchromius''
Błeszyński, 1960 (= ''Pseudeuchromius''
Błeszyński, 1965)
**''
Micrelephas''
Dognin, 1905
**''
Microchilo''
Okano, 1962
**''
Micronix
''Micronix'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Micronix nivalis'', which is found in Venezuela.
References
Crambinae
Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
Crambidae genera
{{Crambinae-stub ...
''
Amsel, 1956
**''
Microtalis
''Microtalis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Microtalis epimetalla'', which is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the ...
''
Turner, 1911
**''
Neargyria
''Neargyria'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Neargyria argyraspis'' (Meyrick, 1879)
*''Neargyria persimilis
''Neargyria persimilis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is ...
''
Hampson, 1896
**''
Neargyrioides''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Nechilo
''Nechilo'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Nechilo macrogona'', which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a sta ...
''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Neobanepa
''Neobanepa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Neobanepa peruviensis'', which is found in Peru.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named ...
''
Hampson, 1919 (= ''Pyralopsis''
Dognin, 1905)
**''
Niveocatharylla''
Bassi, 1999
**''
Orthomecyna
''Orthomecyna'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii.
Species
*'' Orthomecyna albicaudata'' Butler, 1883
*'' Orthomecyna alloptila'' Meyrick, 1899
*'' Orthomecyna amphilyca'' Meyrick, 1899
*''Orthomecyna ...
''
Butler, 1883
**''
Parancyla''
Hampson, 1919
**''
Paratraea''
Hampson, 1919
**''
Parerupa
''Parerupa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Parerupa africana'' (Aurivillius, 1910)
*''Parerupa bipunctalis'' (Hampson, 1919)
*''Parerupa distictalis'' (Hampson, 1919)
*''Parerupa undilinealis'' (Hampson, 1919)
Referenc ...
''
Hampson, 1919 (= ''Coenotalis''
Hampson, 1919)
**''
Protyparcha
''Protyparcha'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Protyparcha scaphodes'', which is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known only from Auckland Islands. Both the genus and species were described by Edwa ...
''
Meyrick, 1909
**''
Pseudargyria''
Okano, 1962
**''
Pseudometachilo''
Błeszyński, 1962
**''
Ptochostola
''Ptochostola'' 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 ...
''
Meyrick, 1882
**''
Roxita''
Błeszyński, 1963 (= ''Modestia''
Błeszyński, 1965)
**''
Schoenobiodes''
Hampson, 1917 (= ''Stenopydna''
Roepke, 1943)
**''
Sphaerodeltis''
Meyrick, 1933
**''
Styxon''
Błeszyński, 1962
**''
Thalamarchis''
Meyrick, 1897
**''
Tomissa
''Tomissa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Tomissa concisella'', which is found in Sarawak.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by ...
''
Walker, 1864
**''
Tulla
Tulla () is a market town in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the east of the county, on the R462 and near its junction with the R352, 18km from Ennis.
Etymology
Tulla is generally translated as ''An Tulach'', meaning "round hill". ...
''
Zimmerman, 1958
**''
Ubida''
Walker, 1863 (= ''Crunophila''
Meyrick, 1882)
**''
Zacatecas
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''
Błeszyński, 1962
*tribe Ancylolomiini
Ragonot, 1889
**''
Ancylolomia''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Acylolomia''
Hampson, 1919, ''Jartheza''
Walker, 1863, ''Pseudoctenella''
Strand, 1907, ''Ctenus''
Mabille, 1906, ''Tollia''
Amsel, 1949)
**''
Aurotalis''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Eufernaldia''
Hulst, 1900
**''
Mesolia''
Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889 (= ''Deuterolia''
Dyar, 1914, ''Eugrotea''
Fernald, 1896, ''Euparolia''
Dyar, 1914, ''Masolia''
Hampson, 1919)
**''
Prionapteron''
Błeszyński, 1965
**''
Prionapteryx''
Stephens, 1834 (= ''Alloea''
Turner, 1947, ''Calarina''
Walker, 1866, ''Hypotomorpha''
Rebel, 1892, ''Nuarace''
Walker, 1863, ''Naurace''
Błeszyński & Collins, 1962, ''Pindicitora''
Walker, 1863, ''Pindicitra''
Shibuya, 1928, ''Platytesia''
Strand, 1918, ''Prionopteryx''
Zeller, 1863)
**''
Prionotalis''
Hampson, 1919
**''
Pseudoschoenobius
''Pseudoschoenobius'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Pseudoschoenobius opalescalis'', which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico and Califo ...
''
Fernald, 1891
**''
Surattha''
Walker, 1863
**''
Talis''
Guenée, 1845 (= ''Drasa''
Kapur, 1950, ''Prosmixis''
Zeller, 1846, ''Tulis''
Pagenstecher, 1909)
**''
Zovax
''Zovax'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński
Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths.
BÅ‚ ...
''
Błeszyński, 1962
*tribe Argyriini
Munroe, 1995
**''
Argyria
Argyria or argyrosis is a condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust. The most dramatic symptom of argyria is that the skin turns blue or blue-grey. It may take the form of ''generalized ...
''
Hübner, 1818
**''
Urola
The Urola is a river and valley in Gipuzkoa, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.
The river is only 55 kilometres in length, and runs from headwaters in the Aizkorri Mountains, near the town of Legazpi to its outflow into the Cantabrian Sea a ...
''
Walker, 1863
**''
Vaxi''
Błeszyński, 1962
*tribe Calamotrophini
Gaskin, 1988
**''
Calamotropha''
Zeller, 1863 (= ''Aurelianus''
Błeszyński, 1962, ''Myeza''
Walker, 1863)
**''
Chrysocatharylla''
Bassi, 1999
**''
Classeya''
Błeszyński, 1960
**''
Pseudocatharylla''
Błeszyński, 1961
**''
Pseudoclasseya''
Błeszyński, 1964
*tribe Chiloini
Heinemann, 1865
**''
Chilandrus
''Chilandrus'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Chilandrus chrysistes'', which is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of ...
''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Chilo''
Zincken, 1817 (= ''Borer''
Guenée, 1862, ''Chilona''
Sodoffsky, 1837, ''Chilotraea''
Kapur, 1950, ''Diphryx''
Grote, 1881, ''Hypiesta''
Hampson, 1919, ''Nephalia''
Turner, 1911, ''Silveria''
Dyar, 1925)
**''
Chiqua
''Chiqua'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It contains only one species, ''Chiqua eblisella'', described in the same article, which is found in Bolivia
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''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Diatraea''
Guilding, 1828 (= ''Crambidiatraea''
Box & Capps, 1955, ''Diaraetria''
Grote, 1882, ''Diatraerupa''
Schaus, 1913, ''Diatrea''
Guilding, 1828, ''Eodiatraea''
Box, 1953, ''Iesta''
Dyar, 1909, ''Trinidadia''
Dyar & Heinrich, 1927, ''Zeadiatraea''
Box, 1955)
**''
Eschata''
Walker, 1856 (= ''Chaerecla''
Walker, 1865)
**''
Gadira''
Walker, 1866 (= ''Cryptomima''
Meyrick, 1882, ''Scenoploca''
Meyrick, 1882)
**''
Hednota
''Hednota'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
* ''Hednota acontophora'' (Meyrick, 1882)
* ''Hednota ancylosticha'' Koch, 1966
* ''Hednota argyroeles'' (Meyrick, 1882)
* ''Hednota asterias'' Meyrick, 1887
* ''Hednota aurantiacu ...
''
Meyrick, 1886
**''
Leonardo
Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate ...
''
Błeszyński, 1965
**''
Malgasochilo''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Myelobia''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (= ''Chilopsis''
Hampson, 1919, ''Doratoperas''
Hampson, 1896, ''Protaphomia''
Meyrick, 1936, ''Xanthopherne''
Dyar & Heinrich, 1927)
**''
Tauroscopa
''Tauroscopa'' 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 ...
''
Meyrick, 1888 (= ''Oressaula''
Turner, 1913)
*tribe Crambini
Latreille, 1810
**''
Agriphila''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Agrophila''
J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847, ''Alisa''
Ganev & Hacker, 1984)
**''
Agriphiloides''
Błeszyński, 1965
**''
Almita''
B. Landry, 1995
**''
Alphacrambus
''Alphacrambus'' is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae, tribe Crambini. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidopte ...
''
Bassi, 1995
**''
Amselia
''Amselia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was established in 1959 by Stanisław Błeszyński
Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, th ...
''
Błeszyński, 1959
**''
Angustalius''
Marion, 1954 (= ''Bleszynskia''
Lattin, 1961, ''Crambopsis''
Lattin, 1952)
**''
Arequipa
Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city ...
''
Walker, 1863
**''
Aureocramboides''
Błeszyński, 1961
**''
Bassiknysna
''Bassiknysna'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Bassiknysna jansei'', which is found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in ...
''
Kemal & Kocak, 2005 (= ''Knysna''
Bassi, 1999)
**''
Caffrocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1961 (= ''Anomocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1961, ''Caffocrambus''
Bassi, 1994)
**''
Catoptria''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Exoria''
Hübner, 1825, ''Tetrachila''
Hübner, 1806)
**''
Cervicrambus''
Błeszyński, 1966
**''
Chrysocrambus
''Chrysocrambus'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1957.
Species
*''Chrysocrambus brutiellus'' Bassi, 1985
*''Chrysocrambus chrysonuchelloides'' (Rothschild, 1925)
*''Chrysocrambus craterellus'' ...
''
Błeszyński, 1957 (= ''Chrysocramboides''
Błeszyński, 1957)
**''
Chrysoteuchia''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Amphibolia''
Snellen, 1884, ''Veronese''
Błeszyński, 1962)
**''
Conocramboides
''Conocramboides'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. Its only species, ''Conocramboides seychellellus'', described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910, is found in the Seychelles, Rà ...
''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Crambixon''
Błeszyński, 1965
**''
Crambus
The genus ''Crambus'' includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths (a name shared with the rest of the family Crambidae, to distinguish them from Pyralidae sn ...
''
Fabricius, 1798 (= ''Argyroteuchia''
Hübner, 1825, ''Chilus''
Billberg, 1820, ''Palparia''
Haworth, 1811, ''Tetrachila''
Hübner, 1822)
**''
Culladia
''Culladia'' is a grass moth genus (family (biology), family Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae, tribe (biology), tribe Crambini. Some authors have assigned the junior synonym, synonymous taxon ''Nirmaladia'' to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), w ...
''
Moore, 1886 (= ''Araxes''
Walker, 1863, ''Crambidion''
Mabille, 1900, ''Nirmaladia''
Rose, 1983)
**''
Culladiella''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Dimorphocrambus
''Dimorphocrambus'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Dimorphocrambus espeletiae'', which is found in Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Repà ...
''
Gibeaux, 1987
**''
Epichilo''
Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889
**''
Fernandocrambus''
Aurivillius, 1922 (= ''Juania''
Aurivillius, 1922, ''Juanita''
Munroe, 1995)
**''
Fissicrambus''
Błeszyński, 1963
**''
Flavocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1959
**''
Haplopediasia
''Haplopediasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Haplopediasia aurantilineellus'', which is found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), ...
''
Błeszyński, 1963
**''
Haploplatytes''
Błeszyński, 1966
**''
Japonicrambus''
Okano, 1962
**''
La''
Błeszyński, 1966
**''
Loxocrambus''
Forbes, 1920
**''
Mesocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1957
**''
Mesopediasia
''Mesopediasia'' 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 ...
''
Błeszyński, 1963
**''
Metacrambus''
Błeszyński, 1957
**''
Microcramboides
''Microcramboides'' 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 ...
''
Błeszyński, 1967
**''
Microcrambon''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Microcrambus''
Błeszyński, 1963
**''
Miraxis''
Błeszyński, 1962
**''
Miyakea''
Marumo, 1933
**''
Neocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1957
**''
Neoculladia''
Błeszyński, 1967
**''
Neodactria
''Neodactria'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Neodactria caliginosellus'' (Clemens, 1860)
*''Neodactria cochisensis'' Landry & Albu, 2012
*''Neodactria daemonis'' Landry & Klots in Landry & Brown, 2005
*''Neodactria glen ...
''
B. Landry, 1995
**''
Neopediasia''
Okano, 1962
**''
Novocrambus''
Amsel, 1956
**''
Orocrambus''
Purdie, 1884 (= ''Orocrambus''
Meyrick, 1885)
**''
Parapediasia''
Błeszyński, 1966 (''Parapediasia''
Błeszyński, 1963)
**''
Paraplatytes
''Paraplatytes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Paraplatytes eberti'', which is found in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی ...
''
Błeszyński, 1965
**''
Pediasia
''Pediasia'' is a genus of small moths in the family (biology), family Crambidae. They are widespread across temperate Eurasia and adjacent regions.See references in Savela (2005)
Despite this genus being proposed as early as 1825, it was not w ...
''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Carvanca''
Walker, 1856, ''Oseriates''
Fazekas, 1991, ''Pseudopediasia''
Ganev, 1987)
**''
Platytes
''Platytes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Platytes albipennella'' Hampson, 1896
*''Platytes alpinella'' (Hübner, 1813)
*''Platytes argyrotricha'' Hampson, 1908
*''Platytes atlantivolella'' Zerny, 1935
*''Platytes cerus ...
''
Guenée, 1845 (= ''Nagahama''
Marumo, 1933)
**''
Precaffrocrambus''
Bassi, 2002
**''
Productalius''
Marion, 1954
**''
Pseudopediasia''
Błeszyński, 1963
**''
Raphiptera''
Hampson, 1896
**''
Sebrus
''Sebrus'' 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 stems wh ...
''
Błeszyński, 1970
**''
Sericocrambus''
Wallengren, 1861
**''
Supercrambus''
Błeszyński, 1967
**''
Tawhitia''
Philpott, 1931 (= ''Velasquez''
Błeszyński, 1962)
**''
Tehama''
Hulst, 1888
**''
Thaumatopsis''
Morrison, 1874 (= ''Propexus''
Grote, 1880)
**''
Thisanotia
''Thisanotia'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its single species, ''Thisanotia chrysonuchella'', described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica'', is found in Euro ...
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Hübner, 1825 (= ''Thinasotia''
Heinemann, 1865, ''Thysanotia''
J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847)
**''
Tortriculladia''
Błeszyński, 1967
**''
Xanthocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1957 (= ''Xanthocrambus''
Błeszyński, 1955)
*tribe Diptychophorini
Gaskin, 1972
**''
Cleoeromene''
Gaskin, 1986
**''
Diptychophora''
Zeller, 1866 (= ''Colimaea''
Dyar, 1925, ''Colimea''
Błeszyński, 1966, ''Mysticomima''
Meyrick, 1931, ''Scissolia''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
**''
Gargela
''Gargela'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Crambinae of the family (biology), family Crambidae. The genus currently comprises 22 Austral-Asian species, of which the majority has been described in recent years. Many species remain to be desc ...
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Walker, 1864 (= ''Mixophyla''
Meyrick, 1887, ''Angonia''
Snellen, 1893, ''Mixophila''
Hampson, 1896)
**''
Glaucocharis''
Meyrick, 1938 (= ''Pagmania''
Amsel, 1961, ''Pareromene''
Osthelder, 1941, ''Ditomoptera''
Hampson, 1893)
**''
Incaeromene
''Incaeromene'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by David E. Gaskin in 1986. Its only species, ''Incaeromene subuncusella'', described in the same article, is found in Peru.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground ...
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Gaskin, 1986
**''
Neoeromene''
Gaskin, 1986
**''
Peniculimius''
Schouten, 1994
**''
Steneromene''
Gaskin, 1986
**''
Tamsica
''Tamsica'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
ReferencesNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Diptychophorini
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Elwood Zimmerman
{{Diptychophorini-stub ...
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Zimmerman, 1958
*tribe Euchromiini
Léger, Landry & Nuss, 2019
**''
Euchromius''
Guenée, 1845 (= ''Eromene''
Hübner, 1825, ''Ommatopteryx''
Kirby, 1897, ''Pseudoancylolomia''
Ahmad, Zaidi & Kamaluddin, 1982)
*tribe Haimbachiini
B. Landry, 1995
**''
Achilo''
Amsel, 1957 (= ''Chilopsis''
Amsel, 1956)
**''
Bissetia''
Kapur, 1950 (= ''Girdharia''
Kapur, 1950)
**''
Coniesta''
Hampson, 1919
**''
Donacoscaptes''
Zeller, 1877
**''
Eoreuma
''Eoreuma'' 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 stems w ...
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Ely, 1910
**''
Friedlanderia''
Agnew, 1987 (= ''Chiloides''
Amsel, 1949, ''Chiloides''
Błeszyński, 1963)
**''
Haimbachia
''Haimbachia'' 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 ...
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Dyar, 1909
**''
Neogirdharia''
Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2004
**''
Occidentalia''
Dyar & Heinrich, 1927
**''
Pseudobissetia
''Pseudobissetia'' 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 ...
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Błeszyński, 1959
**''
Thopeutis''
Hübner, 1818 (= ''Cephis''
Ragonot in Staudinger, 1892, ''Hombergia''
de Joannis, 1910, ''Stenochilo''
Hampson, 1896, ''Tetrachila''
Hübner, 1808, ''Topeutis''
Hübner, 1825)
**''
Xubida
''Xubida'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Xubida chiloidellus'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
*''Xubida circumvagans'' (Dyar, 1922)
*''Xubida cretaceipars'' (Dyar, 1914)
*''Xubida delinqualis'' (Dyar, 1913)
*''Xubida dentil ...
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Schaus, 1922
Former genera
*''
Araxates''
Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889
*''
Charitopepla
''Cypholomia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Cypholomia amphiaula'' Meyrick, 1934
*''Cypholomia crypsibela'' Meyrick, 1934
*''Cypholomia drosocapna'' (Meyrick, 1933)
*''Cypholomia leptodeta
''Cypholomia leptodeta'' i ...
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Meyrick, 1933
*''
Neerupa
''Erupa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Erupa adiposalis'' (Dognin, 1912)
*''Erupa argentescens'' Hampson, 1896
*''Erupa argentilinea'' Druce, 1910
*''Erupa argyrosticta'' (Hampson, 1919)
*''Erupa bilineatella'' (Walker, ...
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Hampson, 1919
*''
Loxophantis''
Meyrick, 1935
*''
Welaka''
Hulst, 1888
See also
*
List of crambid genera
The large moth 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 inconspicuou ...
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q149407
Crambidae
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
Moth subfamilies