''Gargela'' is a
genus
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of
moth
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s in the
subfamily
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Crambinae of the
family
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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 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''
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''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela furca''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela fuscusa''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela grandispinata''
Li in Yang, Jie & Li, 2019
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Gargela hainana''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela hastatela''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela minuta''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
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Gargela niphostola''
Hampson, 1917
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Gargela obliquivitta''
Hampson, 1917
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Gargela polyacantha''
Li in Yang, Jie & Li, 2019
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Gargela quadrispinula
''Gargela quadrispinula'' 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 Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela renatusalis
''Gargela renatusalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo, Java, Sri Lanka and Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the j ...
''
(Walker, 1859)
* ''
Gargela subpurella
''Gargela subpurella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்க ...
''
(Walker, 1864)
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Gargela trilinealis
''Gargela trilinealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found on Fergusson Island
Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an are ...
''
(Hampson, 1897)
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Gargela xanthocasis
''Gargela xanthocasis'' is a 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 approximate ...
''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Gargela xizangensis
''Gargela xizangensis'' 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 Xizang
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet ...
''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
References
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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