''Prionapteryx'' is a

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 ...

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 ...

Species

*'' Prionapteryx achatina'' Zeller, 1863 *'' Prionapteryx acreonalis'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Prionapteryx africalis'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Prionapteryx albescens'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx albiceps'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx albicostalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx albimaculalis ''Prionapteryx albimaculalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. References

Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1919 Moths of Africa {{Prionap ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx albipennis'' Butler, 1886 *'' Prionapteryx albofascialis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx amathusia'' Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011 *'' Prionapteryx annusalis'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Prionapteryx arenalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx argentescens'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx banaadirensis'' Bassi, 2013 *'' Prionapteryx bergii'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Prionapteryx brevivittalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Prionapteryx cuneolalis'' (Hulst, 1886) *'' Prionapteryx delicatellus'' Caradja, 1927 *'' Prionapteryx diaperatalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx diaplecta'' (Meyrick, 1936) *'' Prionapteryx eberti'' Bassi & Mey in Bassi, 2013 *'' Prionapteryx elongata'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Prionapteryx endoleuca'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx eugraphis'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Prionapteryx flavipars'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx hedyscopa'' (Lower, 1905) *'' Prionapteryx helena'' Bassi, 2013 *'' Prionapteryx indentella'' (Kearfott, 1908) *'' Prionapteryx lancerotella'' (Rebel, 1892) *'' Prionapteryx mesozonalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Prionapteryx moghrebana'' (D. Lucas, 1954) *'' Prionapteryx molybdella'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx nebulifera'' Stephens, 1834 *'' Prionapteryx neotropicalis'' (Hampson, 1896) *'' Prionapteryx nephalia'' (Meyrick, 1936) *'' Prionapteryx ochrifasciata'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx phaeomesa'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx plumbealis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx rubricalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Prionapteryx rubrifusalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx santella'' (Kearfott, 1908) *'' Prionapteryx scitulellus'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Prionapteryx selenalis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx serpentella'' Kearfott, 1908 *'' Prionapteryx somala'' Bassi, 2013 *'' Prionapteryx spasmatica'' Meyrick, 1936 *'' Prionapteryx splendida'' Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011 *'' Prionapteryx termia'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Prionapteryx texturella'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Prionapteryx triplecta'' (Meyrick, 1935) *'' Prionapteryx yavapai'' (Kearfott, 1908)

Former species

*'' Prionapteryx albipunctella'' (Marion, 1957) *'' Prionapteryx albostigmata'' (Rothschild, 1921) *'' Prionapteryx alikangiella'' (Strand, 1918) *'' Prionapteryx alternalis'' Maes, 2002 *'' Prionapteryx amselella'' (Bleszynski, 1965) *'' Prionapteryx carmensita'' Bleszynski, 1970 *'' Prionapteryx diffusilinea'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx invectalis'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Prionapteryx margherita'' (Bleszynski, 1965) *'' Prionapteryx nigrifascialis'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Prionapteryx obeliscota'' (Meyrick, 1936) *'' Prionapteryx rufistrigalis'' (Fawcett, 1918) *'' Prionapteryx soudanensis'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx strioliger'' (Rothschild, 1913) *'' Prionapteryx thysbesalis'' Walker, 1863

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Ancylolomiini Crambidae genera Taxa named by James Francis Stephens {{Prionapterygini-stub