The Epipaschiinae are a
subfamily
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of
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 ...
s (
family
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Pyralidae).
More than 720 species are known today,
which are found mainly in the tropics and subtropics. Some occur in temperate regions, but the subfamily is apparently completely absent from Europe, at least as native species. A few Epipaschiinae are crop
pests that may occasionally become economically significant.
Description and ecology
Adult females are often hard to distinguish from related lineages, and even the larvae do not possess the characteristic
sclerotized bristle base near the start of the abdomen, whose position is a tell-tale mark of the other subfamilies of Pyralidae.
By contrast, the adult males of Epipaschiinae are easier to recognize, and three of their traits support the assumption that Epipaschiinae are a natural, monophyletic group:
# an always upturned and pointed third segment of the labial palpi
# a ventrally curved phallobase of the male which usually extends beyond the ductus ejaculatorius
# the weakly sclerotized tegumen
In addition, in most cases the adult males of this subfamily have a conspicuous scaled projection from the scape of the antennae.
The
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
larvae are leaf rollers, leaf tiers and
leaf miner
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s. As pests, they infest such diverse plants as ''
Persea americana
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'' (avocado), ''
Swietenia
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'' (mahoganies), or ''
Zea mays
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'' (corn). However, they are usually a mere nuisance and do not cause large-scale crop failure.
Systematics
Alma Solis (1993) provided a phylogenetic analysis of 20 genera of the ''Pococera'' complex, consisting of some 300 species in the Western Hemisphere.
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Accinctapubes''
Solis, 1993
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Agastophanes''
Turner, 1937
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Anaeglis''
Lederer, 1863
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Anarnatula''
Dyar, 1918
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Anexophana''
Viette, 1960
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Apocera''
Schaus, 1912 (= ''Paranatula''
Dyar, 1913)
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Araeopaschia''
Hampson, 1906 (= ''Aroeopaschia''
Amsel, 1956)
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Astrapometis''
Meyrick, 1884
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Austropaschia''
Hampson, 1916
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Axiocrita''
Turner, 1913
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Bibasilaris''
Solis, 1993
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Cacozelia
''Cacozelia'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878 and is known from Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), ...
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Grote, 1878
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Calybitia''
Schaus, 1922
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Canipsa''
Walker, 1866 (= ''Sarama''
Moore, 1888, ''Scopocera''
Moore, 1888)
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Carthara''
Walker, 1865 (= ''Leptosphetta''
Butler, 1878, ''Pycnulia''
Zeller, 1881)
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Catalaodes''
Viette, 1953
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Catamola''
Meyrick, 1884 (= ''Elaphernis''
Meyrick, 1936)
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Cecidipta''
Berg, 1877 (= ''Acecidipta''
Amsel, 1956)
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Chloropaschia''
Hampson, 1906
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Coenodomus''
Walsingham, 1888 (= ''Alippa''
Aurivillius, 1894, ''Dyaria''
Neumoegen, 1893)
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Dasyvesica''
Solis, 1991
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Deuterollyta''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Ajacania''
Schaus, 1925, ''Ajocara''
Schaus, 1925, ''Oedomia''
Dognin, 1906, ''Winona''
Hulst, 1888)
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Doddiana''
Turner, 1902
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Elisabethinia''
Ghesquière, 1942
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Ephedrophila''
Dumont, 1928
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Epilepia''
Janse, 1931
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Epipaschia''
Clemens, 1860
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Eublemmodes''
Gaede, 1917
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Geropaschia''
Hampson, 1917 (= ''Araeopaschia''
Hampson, 1916)
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Glossopaschia''
Dyar, 1914
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Heminomistis''
Meyrick, 1933
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Homura''
Lederer, 1863
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Incarcha''
Dyar, 1910
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Isolopha''
Hampson, 1895 (= ''Islopha''
Janse, 1931)
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Jocara
''Jocara'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Species
* '' Jocara abachuma''
* '' Jocara aidana''
* '' Jocara albiferalis''
* '' Jocara albimedialis''
* '' Jocara albimedialis''
* '' Jocara amazonalis''
* '' ...
''
Walker, 1863 (= ''
Toripalpus''
Grote, 1878)
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Lacalma''
Janse, 1931
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Lameerea''
Ghesquière, 1942
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Lamida''
Walker, 1859 (= ''Allata''
Walker, 1863)
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Lepidogma''
Meyrick, 1890 (= ''Asopina''
Christoph, 1893, ''Precopia''
Ragonot, 1891)
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Lepipaschia''
J. C. Shaffer & Solis, 1994
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Leptoses''
Ghesquière, 1942
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Lista
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Walker, 1859 (= ''Belonepholis''
Butler, 1889, ''Craneophora''
Christoph, 1881, ''Paracme''
Lederer, 1863)
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Locastra''
Walker, 1859 (= ''Taurica''
Walker, 1866)
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Macalla
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Walker, 1859 (= ''Aradrapha''
Walker, 1866, ''Mochlocera''
Grote, 1876, ''Pseudomacalla''
Dognin, 1908)
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Mazdacis''
Solis, 1993
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Mediavia''
Solis, 1993
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Micropaschia''
Hampson, 1906
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Milgithea''
Schaus, 1922 (= ''Miligithea''
Neave, 1940)
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Mimaglossa''
Warren, 1891
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Neopaschia''
Janse, 1922
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Noctuides''
Staudinger, 1892 (= ''Anartula''
Staudinger, 1893, ''Arnatula''
Hampson, 1896, ''Parorthaga''
Hampson, 1896)
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Nouanda''
Holland & Schaus, 1925
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Nyctereutica''
Turner, 1904 (= ''Diastrophica''
Turner, 1937)
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Obutobea''
Ghesquière, 1942
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Odontopaschia''
Hampson, 1903
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Omphalepia''
Hampson, 1906
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Omphalota''
Hampson, 1899
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Oneida
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Native American/First Nations
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* Oneida language
* Oneida Indian Nation, based in New York
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''
Hulst, 1889
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Orthaga''
Walker, 1859 (= ''Edeta''
Walker, 1859, ''Hyperbalanotis''
Warren, 1891, ''Pannucha''
Moore, 1888, ''Proboscidophora''
Warren, 1891)
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Oxyalcia''
Dognin, 1905
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Pandoflabella''
Solis, 1993
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Parastericta''
Janse, 1931
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Peplochora''
Meyrick, 1933
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Phidotricha''
Ragonot, 1889 (= ''Eutrichocera''
Hampson, 1904, ''Jocarula''
Dyar, 1925)
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Plumiphora''
Janse, 1931
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Plutopaschia''
Hampson, 1917
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Pococera''
Zeller, 1848 (= ''Attacapa''
Hulst, 1889, ''Auradisa''
Walker, 1866, ''Benta''
Walker, 1863, ''Hemimatia''
Lederer, 1863, ''Katona''
Hulst, 1888, ''Lanthaphe''
Clemens, 1860, ''Lanthape''
Hulst, 1903, ''Loma''
Hulst, 1888, ''Saluda''
Hulst, 1888, ''Tetralopha''
Zeller, 1848, ''Tioga''
Hulst, 1888, ''Afra''
Ghesquière, 1942, ''Wanda''
Hulst, 1888)
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Poliopaschia''
Hampson, 1916
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Polylophota''
Hampson, 1906
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Pseudocera''
Walker, 1863
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Quadraforma''
Solis, 1993
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Rhynchopaschia''
Hampson, 1906
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Roeseliodes''
Warren, 1891
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Salma
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''
Walker, 1863 (= ''Calinipaxa''
Walker, 1866, ''Enchesphora''
Turner, 1913, ''Exacosmia''
Walker, 1865, ''Heterobella''
Turner, 1904, ''Heterobela''
Turner, 1904, ''Orthotrichophora''
Warren, 1891, ''Parasarama''
Warren, 1890, ''Parasamera''
Sharp, 1892, ''Pseudolocastra''
Snellen, 1890, ''Pseudolocastra''
Warren, 1891)
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Schoutedenidea''
Ghesquière, 1942
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Sparactica''
Meyrick, 1938
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Spectrotrota''
Warren, 1891
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Speiroceras''
Chrétien, 1911
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Stericta''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Glossina''
Guenée, 1854, ''Matalia''
Walker, 1866, ''Oncobela''
Turner, 1937, ''Phialia''
Walker, 1866)
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Sultania''
Koçak, 1987
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Taiwanastrapometis''
Shibuya, 1928
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Tallula''
Hulst, 1888
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Tancoa''
Schaus, 1922
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Teliphasa''
Moore, 1888 (= ''Sultania''
Koçak, 1987)
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Termioptycha''
Meyrick, 1889 (= ''Sialocyttara''
Turner, 1913)
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Tineopaschia''
Hampson, 1916
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Titanoceros''
Meyrick, 1884
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Trichotophysa''
Warren, 1896
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Yuma''
Hulst, 1889
References
* (2011)
Epipaschiinae Meyrick''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
* (2007): Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). ''
Revista Colombiana de Entomología'' 33(1): 1–8
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External links
at the University of Florida Featured Creatures website
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Moth subfamilies