genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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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 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 where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
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Species
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Heortia dominalis
''Heortia dominalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and on Ternate and Seram
Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the larges ...
Heortia iridia
''Heortia iridia'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1977. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of t ...
'' Munroe, 1977
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Heortia ocellata
''Heortia ocellata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Kenya.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Funtumia elastica'' and ''Holarrh ...
'' (Hampson in Poulton, 1916)
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Heortia plumbatalis
''Heortia plumbatalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1852. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmo ...
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Heortia polyplagalis
''Heortia polyplagalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One ...
'' Hampson, 1913
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Heortia vitessoides
''Heortia vitessoides'' is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in south-east Asia, including Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Thailand and northern Queensland in Australia.
The wingspan is about 30 ...