| Alphacrambus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Alphacrambus Bassi, 1995 [1] |
Alphacrambus is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae, tribe Crambini. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasses, maize, sugar cane, rice, and other Poaceae. The monophyly of this group is supported by the structure of the tympanal organs and the phallus attached medially to the juxta.
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.
Ancylolomia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Aurotalis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Caffrocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Calamotropha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Catoptria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Classeya is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Mesolia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.
Pseudocatharylla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Surattha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was synonymized with Prionapteryx by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1967. Its status was later revised by Graziano Bassi and Wolfram Mey in 2011.
Sebrus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Chrysocatharylla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Alphacrambus cristatus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae in the genus Alphacrambus. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 1995 and is known from Ethiopia.
Alphacrambus parvus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae in the genus Alphacrambus. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 1995 and is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Alphacrambus phoeostrigellus is a moth of the family Crambidae in the genus Alphacrambus. It was described by George Hampson in 1903 and is known from India.
Alphacrambus prodontellus is a moth of the family Crambidae in the genus Alphacrambus. It was described by George Hampson in 1919 and is known from South Africa and Kenya.
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