''Theila'' 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 ...
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 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Crambidae. The genus was erected by
Charles Swinhoe in 1900.
Species
* ''
Theila distributa''
(T. P. Lucas, 1898)
* ''
Theila fusconebulalis''
(Marion, 1954)
* ''
Theila metallosticha''
(Turner, 1938)
* ''
Theila siennata''
(Warren, 1896)
* ''
Theila triplaga''
(Lower, 1903)
Former species
* ''
Theila plicatalis''
(Walker, 1866)
References
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe
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