Agroterini is a
tribe
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of the species-rich
subfamily Spilomelinae
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.
Description
Imagines – the adu ...
in the
pyraloid moth family
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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 tribe was erected by
Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque in 1897.
Genera
Agroterini currently contains 30 genera, altogether comprising 433 species:
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Aetholix''
Lederer, 1863
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Agrotera
Agrotera ( Gr. , "the huntress") was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, the most important goddess to Attic hunters.
At Agrae on the Ilissos, where she was believed to have first hunted after her arrival from Delos, Artemis Agrotera had a ...
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Schrank, 1802 (= ''Agroptera''
Hampson, 1899)
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Aiyura
Aiyura is the name of a valley located in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is the home of the Aiyura Agricultural Research Station, which was operated originally as the "Highlands Agricultural Experiment Station, Aiyura" begun in 193 ...
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Munroe, 1974
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Bocchoropsis''
Amsel, 1956
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Chalcidoptera''
Butler, 1887 (= ''Chaleidoptera''
Carus, 1888, ''Euthalantha''
Snellen, 1895)
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Chilochromopsis''
Munroe, 1964
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Coenostolopsis''
Munroe, 1960
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Diastictis''
Hübner, 1818 (= ''Anomostictis''
Warren, 1892, ''Diastichtis''
Forbes, 1923)
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Framinghamia''
Strand, 1920
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Glaucobotys''
Maes, 2008
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Goliathodes
''Goliathodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Goliathodes shafferi'', which is found in New Guinea.
References
Spilomelinae
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth ...
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Munroe, 1974
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Gypodes''
Munroe, 1976
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Haritalodes''
Warren, 1890
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Lygropia
''Lygropia'' is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It currently comprises 66 species, which are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia, but not in Austra ...
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Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hyperthalia''
Warren, 1896)
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Lypotigris
''Lypotigris'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*'' Lypotigris fusalis'' (Hampson, 1904)
*'' Lypotigris reginalis'' (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübne ...
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Hübner, 1825
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Micromartinia
''Micromartinia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Micromartinia mnemusalis'', which is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( ...
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Amsel, 1957 (= ''Martinia''
Amsel, 1956)
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Microthyris''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Crossophora''
Möschler, 1890, ''Cyclocena''
Möschler, 1890, ''Grossophora''
Munroe, 1956)
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Nagiella''
Munroe, 1976
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Neoanalthes''
Yamanaka & Kirpichnikova, 1993
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Nosophora''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Analthes''
Lederer, 1863, ''Analtes''
Lederer, 1863, ''Eidama''
Walker, 1866)
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Notarcha''
Meyrick, 1884 (= ''Haritala''
Moore, 1886)
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Pantographa''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Pantographis''
Lederer, 1863, ''Pantograpta''
Hampson, 1899)
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Paranacoleia''
Inoue, 1982
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Patania''
Moore, 1888 (= ''Loxoscia''
Warren, 1890, ''Nagia''
Walker, 1866, ''Pleuroptya''
Meyrick, 1890)
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Phaedropsis
''Phaedropsis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*'' Phaedropsis alitemeralis'' (Dyar, 1914)
*'' Phaedropsis beckeri'' Munroe, 1995
*'' Phaedropsis bipunctalis'' (Hampson, 1895)
*'' Phaedropsis calanticalis'' (Druce, 1895)
...
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Warren, 1890 (= ''Trichognathos''
Amsel, 1956, ''Trichognathus''
Edwards & Vevers, 1975)
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Phostria
''Phostria'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*'' Phostria aengusalis'' Schaus, 1927
*'' Phostria alberici'' (Dufrane, 1945)
*'' Phostria albescentalis'' Hampson, 1918
*'' Phostria albirenalis'' (Hampson, 1899)
*'' Phostria ...
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Hübner, 1819 (= ''Antennodes''
Swinhoe, 1906, ''Condega''
Moore, 1886, ''Hoplisa''
Snellen, 1899, ''Oedematarcha''
Swinhoe, 1900, ''Parbokla''
Swinhoe, 1900, ''Plectrona''
Snellen, 1895, ''Plectroctena''
Snellen, 1881, ''Saroscelis''
Meyrick, 1894, ''Vatica''
Walker, 1869)
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Phryganodes''
Guenée, 1854 (= ''Phyganodes''
Dognin, 1907)
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Suhela''
Singh, Ranjan, Kirti & Chandra, 2022
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Tetracona
''Tetracona'' is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 with ''Aediodes amathealis'' Walker, 1859 as type species.
The genus was long treated as a sy ...
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Meyrick, 1884
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Ulopeza''
Zeller, 1852 (= ''Pseudanalthes''
Warren, 1890, ''Pseudanaltes''
Hampson, 1898, ''Xacca''
Walker, 1869, ''Xasca''
Neave, 1940)
References
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Spilomelinae
Moth tribes