Schoenobiinae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...

of the

lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described speci ...

n 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 ...

. The subfamily was described by

Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774 – 10 January 1846) was a French soldier and entomologist. Life and career Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel was born in 1774 in Valenciennes, Nord, and died on 10 January 1846 in Paris. After studies ...

in 1846.

Genera

*'' Adelpherupa'' Hampson, 1919 (= ''Limnopsares'' Meyrick, 1934, ''Schoenoploca ''Meyrick, 1933) *'' Alloperissa'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Archischoenobius'' Speidel, 1984 *'' Argyrostola'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Brihaspa'' Moore, 1868 *'' Calamoschoena'' Poulton, 1916 (= ''Eurycerota'' Janse, 1917) *'' Carectocultus'' A. Blanchard, 1975 *'' Catagela'' Walker, 1863 *'' Chionobosca'' Turner, 1911 *'' Cyclocausta'' Warren, 1889 *'' Dejoannisia'' Vári, 2002 (= ''Schoenobiodes'' de Joannis, 1927) *'' Donacaula'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Helonastes'' Common, 1960 *'' Leechia'' South in Leech & South, 1901 *'' Leptosteges'' Warren, 1889 *'' Leucargyra'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Leucoides'' Hampson, 1893 *'' Niphadoses'' Common, 1960 *'' Panalipa'' Moore, 1866 (= ''Microschoenis'' Meyrick, 1887) *'' Patissa'' Moore, 1886 (= ''Eurycraspeda'' Warren in Swinhoe, 1890) *'' Promacrochilo'' Błeszyński, 1962 (= ''Macrochilo'' Hampson, 1896) *'' Proschoenobius'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Ramila'' Moore, 1868 (= ''Crambostenia'' Warren in Swinhoe, 1890, ''Ramilla'' West, 1931) *'' Rupela'' Walker, 1863 (= ''Storteria'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) *'' Schoenobius'' Duponchel, 1836 (= ''Erioproctus'' Zeller, 1839) *'' Scirpophaga'' Treitschke, 1832 (= ''Apurima'' Walker, 1863, ''Schoenophaga'' Duponchel, 1836, ''Schoinophaga'' Sodoffsky, 1837, ''Schoenophaga'' J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847, ''Spartophaga'' Duponchel, 1836, ''Tryporyza'' Common, 1960) *'' Stenocalama'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Tipanaea'' Walker, 1863

Former genera

*'' Varpa'' Aurivillius, 1925

References

* * , 2012: A molecular phylogeny for the pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher-level classification. ''Systematic Entomology'' 37 (4): 635–656. Abstract: . * , 2000: Dichromatism and New Synonymies of Carectocultus perstrialis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Schoenobiinae). ''Tropical Lepidoptera Research'' 11 (1-2): 40–41. {{Taxonbar, from=Q2248542 Crambidae Moth subfamilies Taxa named by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel