''Herculia'' is a
genus
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of
moths
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 ...
belonging to the
family
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Pyralidae
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 Pyrali ...
. The genus is mostly treated as a synonym of ''
Hypsopygia''. If considered valid, some species previously placed here are now in ''
Dolichomia
''Dolichomia'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1891. It is mostly treated as a synonym of ''Hypsopygia'' or ''Herculia (moth), Herculia'', which in turn is also mostly ...
'' and ''
Ocrasa'', which in turn are also mostly merged in ''Hypsopygia''. ''
O. fulvocilialis'' is sometimes
still placed in the present genus.
Species
Species
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include:
* ''
Herculia decoloralis''
(Lederer, 1863)
* ''
Herculia incarnatalis''
(Zeller, 1847)
* ''
Herculia pernigralis''
(Ragonot, 1891)
* ''
Herculia rubidalis''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* ''
Herculia tabidalis''
(Warren, 1891)
* ''
Herculia nigrivitta''
(Walker, 1863)
Footnotes
References
* (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
''Herculia'' Version of 2009-APR-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-12.
Pyralini
Pyralidae genera
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