Acentropinae is a fairly small

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of the

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n family Crambidae, the crambid snout

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s. Species of this subfamily are exclusively found in wetlands and aquatic

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Systematics

In modern treatments, the former subfamily Nymphulinae is mostly treated as a tribe within Acentropinae. There are about 730 species in 78 genera. Only 13 species in 6 genera are found in Europe. *'' Acentria'' Stephens, 1829 (= ''Acentropus'' J. Curtis, 1834; ''Setina'' Hübner, 1819; ''Zancle'' Stephens, 1833) *'' Agassiziella'' Yoshiyasu, 1989 (= ''Agassizia'' Yoshiyasu, 1987) *''

Almonia ''Almonia'' is a genus of moths 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 wh ...

'' Walker, 1866 *''

Anydraula ''Anydraula'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1885 *''

Araeomorpha ''Araeomorpha'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *'' Araeomorpha diplopa'' (Lower, 1903) *'' Araeomorpha limnophila'' Turner, 1937 References * , 1903: Descriptions of new Australian Noctuina, & c.. ''Transactions of the Roy ...

'' Turner, 1908 (= ''Tholerastis'' Turner, 1915) *''

Argyractis ''Argyractis'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Hampson, 1897 *'' Argyractoides'' Lange, 1956 *'' Argyrophorodes'' Marion, 1956 *'' Aulacodes'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Hydrophysa'' Guenée, 1854) *''

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'' Moore, 1888 *'' Brevicella'' Kenrick, 1912 *'' Callilitha'' Munroe, 1959 *'' Cataclysta'' Hübner, 1825 (= ''Catoclysta'' Hampson, 1893) *'' Chrysendeton'' Grote, 1881 *''

Clepsicosma ''Clepsicosma'' is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae. As at 2022, this genus contains only one described species, ''Clepsicosma iridia'', which is endemic to New Zealand. The species inhabits native forest in the North Island as well as th ...

'' Meyrick, 1888 *'' Compsophila'' Meyrick, 1886 *'' Contiger'' Lange, 1956 *'' Cryptocosma'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Chalcoelopsis'' Dyar, 1914) *''

Decticogaster ''Decticogaster'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Decticogaster zonulalis'', which is found on Sulawesi. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index considers the genus to be a synonym of ''Tatobotys'' and th ...

'' Snellen, 1880 *'' Diathraustodes'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Dodanga'' Moore, 1886 *''

Elophila ''Elophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1822. Species *'' Elophila acornutus'' Agassiz, 2012 *'' Elophila africalis'' (Hampson, 1906) *'' Elophila aristodora'' (Turner, 1908) *'' Elophila atlantica' ...

'' Hübner, 1822 (= ''Cyrtogramme'' Yoshiyasu, 1985; ''Elophila'' Hübner, 1806; ''Hydrocampus'' Berthold, 1827; ''Hydrocampa'' Stephens, 1829; ''Hydrocampe'' Latreille, 1829; ''Munroessa'' Lange, 1956; ''Synclita'' Lederer, 1863) *''

Eoophyla ''Eoophyla'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1900. Species *''angustalis'' species group **'' Eoophyla angustalis'' (Sauber in Semper, 1902) **'' Eoophyla becki'' Mey, 2009 **'' Eoophyla fontis'' ...

'' Swinhoe, 1900 *''

Eoparargyractis ''Eoparargyractis'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Lange, 1956 (= ''Eoparargyractis'' Lange, 1956) *'' Ephormotris'' Meyrick, 1933 *'' Eristena'' Warren, 1896 *''

Eurytorna ''Eurytorna'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Eurytorna heterodoxa'', which is found on Fiji. References

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'' Meyrick, 1886 *'' Galadra'' Walker, 1865 *''

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'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1965 *''

Glyphandra ''Glyphandra'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1900. It contains only one species, ''Glyphandra biincisalis'', described by the same author in the same year. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial G ...

'' Karsch, 1900 *'' Goniopalpia'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Hemiloba'' Swinhoe, 1901 *'' Hyaloplaga'' Warren, 1892 (= ''Hyaloplagia'' Sharp, 1893) *'' Hygraula'' Meyrick, 1885 (= ''Blechroglossa'' Turner, 1937; ''Blechroglosso'' Neave, 1950) *'' Hylebatis'' Turner, 1908 *''

Kasania ''Kasania'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Leonid Konstantinovich Krulikovsky in 1910. It contains only one species, ''Kasania arundinalis'', described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1842, which is found in Polan ...

'' Krulikovsky, 1910 *'' Langessa'' Munroe, 1972 *''

Lasiogyia ''Lasiogyia'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1907. It contains only one species, ''Lasiogyia xanthozonata'', described by the same author in the same year, which is found in New Guinea New ...

'' Hampson, 1907 *''

Lathroteles ''Lathroteles'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It contains only one species, ''Lathroteles obscura'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1971, which is found on Rapa Iti in French Polynesia. ' ...

'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1971 *''

Leucogephyra ''Leucogephyra'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Warren in 1896. It contains only one species, ''Leucogephyra semifascialis'', described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Assam, India ...

'' Warren, 1896 *'' Margarochroma'' Warren, 1896 *'' Margarosticha'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Neargyractis'' Lange, 1956 *''

Neocataclysta ''Neocataclysta'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Neocataclysta magnificalis'', the scrollwork pyralid moth, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia (U.S. State ...

'' Lange, 1956 *''

Neoschoenobia ''Neoschoenobia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *'' Neoschoenobia caustodes'' (Meyrick, 1934) *'' Neoschoenobia pandora'' (Meyrick, 1910) *''Neoschoenobia testacealis ''Neoschoenobia testacealis'', the flower stalk-bori ...

'' Hampson, 1900 (= ''Eranistis'' Meyrick, 1910) *''

Neurophruda ''Neurophruda'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Neurophruda daulialis'', which is found in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the sevent ...

'' Warren, 1896 (= ''Neophruda'' Hampson, 1897) *'' Nicaria'' Snellen, 1880 *'' Nyctiplanes'' Turner, 1937 *''

Nymphicula ''Nymphicula'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Nymphicula acuminatalis'' Snellen, 1880 *''Nymphicula adelphalis'' D. Agassiz, 2014 *''Nymphicula albibasalis'' Yoshiyasu, 1980 *''Nymphicula albidorsalis'' Speidel, 1998 *'' ...

'' Snellen,

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Nymphula ''Nymphula'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. They have aquatic larvae. Species *'' Nymphula coenosalis'' (Snellen, 1895) *'' Nymphula corculina'' (Butler, 1879) *'' Nymphula defi ...

'' Schrank, 1802 (= ''Pseudoparaponyx'' Patocka, 1951) *''

Nymphuliella ''Nymphuliella'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Harry Lange in 1956. It contains only one species, ''Nymphuliella daeckealis'', known in the US as the china mark moth, described by F. Haimbach in 1915. It i ...

'' Lange, 1956 *''

Nymphulodes ''Nymphulodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Nymphulodes franciscalis'', which is found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the la ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Oligernis'' Meyrick, 1894 *'' Oligostigma'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Oligostigmoides'' Lange, 1956 *'' Opisthedeicta'' Warren, 1890 *''

Osphrantis ''Osphrantis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Osphrantis paraphaea'', which is found on the Talaud Islands, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast ...

'' Meyrick, 1897 *''

Oxyelophila ''Oxyelophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885 Westborough – April 12, 1968 Worcester) was an American entomologi ...

'' Forbes, 1922 *''

Paracataclysta ''Paracataclysta'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Crambidae described by Yutaka Yoshiyasu in 1983. Its single species, ''Paracataclysta fuscalis'', was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in South-east Asia (including Sri ...

'' Yoshiyasu, 1983 *'' Paracymoriza'' Warren, 1890 (= ''Micromania'' Swinhoe, 1894; ''Stenicula'' Snellen, 1901) *''

Parapoynx ''Parapoynx'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species *'' Parapoynx affinialis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Parapoynx allionealis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Parapoynx andalusicum'' Speidel, 1982 *'' Parapoynx and ...

'' Hübner, 1825 (= ''Cosmophylla'' Turner, 1908; ''Eustales'' Clemens, 1860; ''Hydreuretis'' Meyrick, 1885; ''Microdracon'' Warren, 1890; ''Nymphaeella'' Grote, 1880; ''Paraponyx'' Guenée, 1854; ''Sironia'' Clemens, 1860) *''

Petrophila ''Petrophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830. Species *''Petrophila aealis'' (Walker, 1859) *''Petrophila aeglesalis'' (Walker, 1859) *''Petrophila aengusalis'' (Schaus, 1924) * ...

'' Guilding, 1830 (= ''Parargyractis'' Lange, 1956) *'' Potamomusa'' Yoshiyasu, 1985 (= ''Potamusa'' Speidel & Mey, 1999) *'' Pseudlithosia'' Hampson, 1907 (= ''Pseudolithosia'' Neave, 1940) *'' Pythagoraea'' Meyrick, 1929 (= ''Pythagorea'' Klima, 1937) *'' Stegothyris'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Strepsinoma'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Symphonia'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Synclitodes'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Temnobasis'' Gaede, 1916 *''

Teratausta ''Teratausta'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It contains only one species, ''Teratausta odontalis'', described in the same article, which is found in Silhet, Bangladesh. References Natural ...

'' Hampson, 1903 *''

Teratauxta ''Teratauxta'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Teratauxta paradoxa'', which is found on Sumatra. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae Crambidae genera {{Ac ...

'' E. Hering, 1901 (= ''Ridleyana'' Hampson, 1906) *'' Tetrernia'' Meyrick, 1890 (= ''Metaclysta'' Hampson, 1906) *''

Theila ''Theila'' is a genus of 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 1 ...

'' Swinhoe, 1900 (= ''Ambahona'' Marion, 1954; ''Ambahonia'' Marion, 1954) *''

Thevitella ''Thevitella'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Thevitella alphalis'', which is found in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i M ...

'' Viette, 1958 *'' Usingeriessa'' Lange, 1956

Former genera

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Ambia Ambia may refer to : Places and jurisdictions in Africa * Ambia (Mauretania), an ancient former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see * Ambia, Ihosy, Madagascar, a town * Ambia, Mahabo, Madagascar, a town Places and jurisdictions elsew ...

'' Walker, 1859 *'' Gethosyne'' Warren, 1896 *''

Niphadaza ''Compsophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Compsophila iocosma'', which is found on Fiji. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...

'' Butler, 1886 *'' Physematia'' Lederer, 1863

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Systematics

Former genera

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