''Penestola'' 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 genus was described by

Heinrich Benno Möschler Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of S ...

in 1890.

Species

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Penestola bufalis ''Penestola bufalis'', the black penestola moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in the US states of Texas and Florida, as well as on the Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico). It is an a ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) *''

Penestola simplicialis ''Penestola simplicialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in Cuba and in the US state of Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern regi ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) *''

Penestola stercoralis ''Penestola stercoralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1881. It is found in Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , ...

'' (Möschler, 1881)

References

Spilomelinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Heinrich Benno Möschler {{Steniini-stub