''Gargela'' is a
genus
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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 in the
subfamily
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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 ...
of the
family
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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 genus currently comprises 22 Austral-Asian species, of which the majority has been described in recent years.
Many species remain to be described, with their total number probably being around 40 species.
Species
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Gargela albidusa''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela apicalis''
(Pagenstecher, 1900)
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Gargela arcualis''
Hampson, 1906
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Gargela bilineata
''Gargela bilineata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song, Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2009. It is found in Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szec ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela chrysias''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Gargela cuprealis''
Hampson, 1906
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Gargela distigma
''Gargela distigma'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song, Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2009. It is found in Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the south ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela furca
''Gargela furca'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song, Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2009. It is found in Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela fuscusa
''Gargela fuscusa'' is a moth in 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 whe ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela grandispinata
''Gargela'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Crambinae of the 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 described, with their ...
''
Li in Yang, Jie & Li, 2019
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Gargela hainana
''Gargela hainana'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song, Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2009. It is found in Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of Ch ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela hastatela
''Gargela hastatela'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song, Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2009. It is found in Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szec ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela minuta
''Gargela minuta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Shi-Mei Song, Fu-Qiang Chen and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2009. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the jun ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela niphostola
''Gargela niphostola'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found on Fergusson Island
Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area o ...
''
Hampson, 1917
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Gargela obliquivitta
''Gargela obliquivitta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found on the Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east ...
''
Hampson, 1917
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Gargela polyacantha
''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 ...
''
Li in Yang, Jie & Li, 2019
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Gargela quadrispinula''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela renatusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Gargela subpurella''
(Walker, 1864)
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Gargela trilinealis''
(Hampson, 1897)
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Gargela xanthocasis''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Gargela xizangensis''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
References
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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