''Culladia'' is a

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Crambidae) of

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Crambinae Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grass ...

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Crambini Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasse ...

. Some authors have assigned the

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''Nirmaladia'' to the

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...

family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), thickly scaled and extending about twice the length of head. Maxillary palpi triangularly scaled. Frons rounded. Antennae of male somewhat thickened and flattened. Spurs long and equal. Forewings long and narrow. Vein 3 from angle of cell and vein 6 from below upper angle. Vein 7 absent, and veins 8 and 9 stalked. Vein 10 and 11 free. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 7 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 8.

Species

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Culladia achroellum ''Culladia achroellum'' is a species of grass moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Africa from Sudan to South Africa and on the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~ ...

'' (Mabille, 1900) *''

Culladia admigratella ''Culladia admigratella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range in the tropics, and has been recorded from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, the Sey ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Culladia assamella ''Culladia assamella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Bara ...

'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia cuneiferellus ''Culladia cuneiferellus'' is a species of the family Crambidae in the genus ''Culladia''. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania), New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, the New Heb ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Culladia dentilinealis ''Culladia dentilinealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in the Punjab region of what was then India and in Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democrati ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Culladia elgonella ''Culladia elgonella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption ...

'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia evae ''Culladia evae'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in the Philippines, Java, New Guinea, China (Hainan) and Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historica ...

'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia hanna ''Culladia hanna'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in New Guinea, New Britain, China (Hainan), Java, Sumatra, the St Matthias Islands and the Solomon Islands Solomon Isla ...

'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia hastiferalis ''Culladia hastiferalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Taiwan, the Philippines (Luzon) and Australia, where it has been re ...

'' (Walker, 1866) *''

Culladia inconspicuellus ''Culladia inconspicuellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1872. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as on La Réunion and Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, la ...

'' (Snellen, 1872) *'' Culladia miria'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia paralyticus ''Culladia paralyticus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found on Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island ...

'' (Meyrick, 1932) *''

Culladia serranella ''Culladia serranella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Afri ...

'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia strophaea ''Culladia strophaea'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The taxonomy of this species is currently uncertain. Taxonomy This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 as ''Argyria strophaea'' ...

'' (Meyrick, 1905) *''

Culladia suffusella ''Culladia suffusella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in India and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil ...

'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Culladia tonkinella'' Błeszyński, 1970 *''

Culladia troglodytellus ''Culladia troglodytellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1872. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, La Réunion, Mauritius and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, ...

'' (Snellen, 1872) *''

Culladia yomii ''Culladia yomii'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schouten in 1993. It is found in Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan ...

'' Schouten, 1993 *''

Culladia zhengi ''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 ...

'' Li & Li, 2011

References

Bleszynski, 1970. A revision of the genus ''Culladia'' Moore (Studies on the Crambinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Part 50) ''Tijdschrift voor entomologie'' 113: 44-59Li, W.C. & Li, H.H., 2011. The genus ''Culladia'' Moore (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of one new species and one newly recorded species. ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'' 36 (3): 586-589.
Crambini Crambidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Crambini-stub