Argentochiloides

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Argentochiloides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Argentochiloides
Bleszynski, 1961 [1]
Synonyms
  • ArgentochiloBleszynski & Collins, 1962

Argentochiloides is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Species

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crambidae</span> Family of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pyralidae</span> Family of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pyraloidea</span> Superfamily of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyblaeidae</span> Family of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spilomelinae</span> Subfamily of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crambinae</span> Subfamily of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glaphyriinae</span> Subfamily of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scopariinae</span> Subfamily of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lineodini</span> Tribe of moths

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.