Agroterini is a

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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

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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 Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque (1871–1941) was a French botanist who was an expert in lichens. Acloque was broadly interested in natural history and wrote books on the flora and fauna (insects) of France. Selected works * ''Les Champign ...

in 1897.

Genera

Agroterini currently contains 30 genera, altogether comprising 433 species: *'' Aetholix'' Lederer, 1863 *''

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 ...

'' Schrank, 1802 (= ''Agroptera'' Hampson, 1899) *''

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'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Bocchoropsis'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Chalcidoptera'' Butler, 1887 (= ''Chaleidoptera'' Carus, 1888, ''Euthalantha'' Snellen, 1895) *'' Chilochromopsis'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Coenostolopsis'' Munroe, 1960 *'' Diastictis'' Hübner, 1818 (= ''Anomostictis'' Warren, 1892, ''Diastichtis'' Forbes, 1923) *'' Framinghamia'' Strand, 1920 *'' Glaucobotys'' Maes, 2008 *''

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 ...

'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Gypodes'' Munroe, 1976 *'' Haritalodes'' Warren, 1890 *''

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 ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hyperthalia'' Warren, 1896) *''

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 ...

'' Hübner, 1825 *''

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 ( ...

'' Amsel, 1957 (= ''Martinia'' Amsel, 1956) *''

Microthyris ''Microthyris'' is a genus of pyraloid moths, belonging to the subfamily Spilomelinae of the grass moth family (Crambidae).Pitkin & Jenkins (2004) The genus was first described by Julius Lederer in 1863. Species The genus includes the followin ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Crossophora'' Möschler, 1890, ''Cyclocena'' Möschler, 1890, ''Grossophora'' Munroe, 1956) *''

Nagiella ''Nagiella'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was established by Eugene G. Munroe in 1964 as a replacement name for ''Nagia'' Walker, 1866, a name that was preoccupied by ''Nagia'' Walker, 1858 in the Lepidoptera family Erebidae. ...

'' Munroe, 1976 *''

Neoanalthes ''Neoanalthes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Hiroshi Yamanaka and Valentina A. Kirpichnikova in 1993. Species *'' Neoanalthes abludens'' Du & Li, 2008 *'' Neoanalthes contortalis'' (Hampson, 1900) *'' Neoanalthes guang ...

'' Yamanaka & Kirpichnikova, 1993 *''

Nosophora ''Nosophora'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Nosophora albiguttalis'' Swinhoe, 1890 *'' Nosophora barbata'' Hampson, 1899 *'' Nosophora bisexualis'' Hampson, 1912 *''Nosophora dispilalis'' Hampson, 1896 *''Nosophora euryt ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Analthes'' Lederer, 1863, ''Analtes'' Lederer, 1863, ''Eidama'' Walker, 1866) *''

Notarcha ''Notarcha'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. Species *''Notarcha aurolinealis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Notarcha auroralis'' (Moore, 1888) *'' Notarcha butyrina'' Meyrick, 1886 *''Notarcha cassusalis'' ...

'' Meyrick, 1884 (= ''Haritala'' Moore, 1886) *''

Pantographa ''Pantographa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863. Species *''Pantographa acoetesalis'' (Walker, 1859) *''Pantographa expansalis'' (Lederer, 1863) *''Pantographa gorgonalis'' Druce, 1895 *''Pantogra ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Pantographis'' Lederer, 1863, ''Pantograpta'' Hampson, 1899) *''

Paranacoleia ''Paranacoleia'' 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 ste ...

'' Inoue, 1982 *''

Patania ''Patania'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1888. Species * ''Patania aedilis'' (Meyrick, 1887) * ''Patania aegrotalis'' (Zeller, 1852) * ''Patania agilis'' (Meyrick, 1936) * '' Patania balteata'' (Fab ...

'' Moore, 1888 (= ''Loxoscia'' Warren, 1890, ''Nagia'' Walker, 1866, ''Pleuroptya'' Meyrick, 1890) *''

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) ...

'' Warren, 1890 (= ''Trichognathos'' Amsel, 1956, ''Trichognathus'' Edwards & Vevers, 1975) *''

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 ...

'' 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) *'' Phryganodes'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Phyganodes'' Dognin, 1907) *'' Suhela'' Singh, Ranjan, Kirti & Chandra, 2022 *''

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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1884 *'' Ulopeza'' Zeller, 1852 (= ''Pseudanalthes'' Warren, 1890, ''Pseudanaltes'' Hampson, 1898, ''Xacca'' Walker, 1869, ''Xasca'' Neave, 1940)

References

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