''Lineodes'' is a
genus
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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 of the
subfamily
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Spilomelinae
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.
Description
Imagines – the ad ...
in 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 was described by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very earl ...
in 1854, with ''
Lineodes hieroglyphalis'' as the
type species
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.
The genus is mostly
Neotropical
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Definition
In bioge ...
and southern
Nearctic
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The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
in distribution (with the exception of ''
Lineodes longipes'', described from
Sumatra
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) and currently comprises 38 species.
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Species
*'' Lineodes albicincta'' E. Hering, 1906
*'' Lineodes aztecalis'' Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes caracasia'' Amsel, 1956
*'' Lineodes contortalis'' Guenée, 1854
*'' Lineodes convolutalis'' Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes corinnae'' Landry, 2016Lineodes integra
''Lineodes integra'', the eggplant leafroller moth or nightshade leaftier, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from the southern United States (from Florida to California), south to Chile. It has also been recorded from Illinois, Michi ...
'' (Zeller, 1873)
*'' Lineodes interrupta'' (Zeller, 1873)
*'' Lineodes latipennis'' Walsingham in Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes leucostrigalis'' Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes longipes'' (Sepp, 1852)
*'' Lineodes mesodonta'' Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes metagrammalis'' Möschler, 1890
*'' Lineodes monetalis'' Dyar, 1913
*'' Lineodes multisignalis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
*'' Lineodes ochrea'' Walsingham, 1907
*'' Lineodes peterseni'' Walsingham in Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes polychroalis'' Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes pulcherrima'' E. Hering, 1906
*'' Lineodes pulchralis'' Guenée, 1854
*'' Lineodes serpulalis'' Lederer, 1863
*'' Lineodes tipuloides'' Walsingham, 1891
*'' Lineodes triangulalis'' Möschler, 1890
*'' Lineodes tridentalis'' Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes undulata'' Walsingham in Hampson, 1913
*'' Lineodes venezuelensis'' Amsel, 1956
*'' Lineodes vulcanalis'' Landry, 2016[
*'' Lineodes vulnifica'' Dyar, 1913
]
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
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