Biston is a genus of large, long-winged moths belonging to the family Geometridae. It is most notable for containing the well-known peppered moth. The genus was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815.
Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species, the majority of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe.
Grammodes geometrica is a moth found from the Mediterranean east to Oriental and Australasian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Java and Australia. The adult is a fruit piercer. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
The genus Crambus includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths, while the larvae of Crambus and the related genus Herpetogramma are the sod webworms, which can damage grasses.
Macaduma is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Achyra affinitalis, the cotton web spinner, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863 and is found in Australia and New Zealand.
Achyra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1849.
Achyra rantalis, the garden webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine to southern Quebec and Ontario, south to Florida and Mexico. It has also been recorded from Iowa, Colorado, California and the West Indies. Its habitat consists of fields and gardens.
Achyra massalis, the ombava, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in most of the Old World tropics, including Réunion, Namibia and Australia.
Tegostoma confluentalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Egypt and Iran.
Achyra bifidalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found from the southern United States south through Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. It is also found in the West Indies.
Achyra coelatalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Niger, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Australia, India and Sri Lanka.
Anania perflavalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
Thesaurica argentifera is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Orphanostigma angustale is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found on New Guinea and in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Heosphora is a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae. The genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. The type species is Anerastia psamathella Meyrick, 1879, designated as such by George Hampson in 1901. All Heosphora species are found in Australia.
