Chilo (moth)

Chilo
Chilo phragmitella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Tribe:	Chiloini
Genus:	Chilo Zincken, 1817 [1]
Synonyms
BorerGuenée, 1862 ChilonaSodoffsky, 1837 ChilotraeaKapur, 1950 DiphryxGrote, 1881 HypiestaHampson, 1919 NephaliaTurner, 1911 SilveriaDyar, 1925

Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.^{[ citation needed ]}

Description

The proboscis is absent. Palpi porrect (extended forward), clothes with rough hair, and extending from two and a half to three lengths of the head. Maxillary palp dilated with scales at extremity. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae minutely serrate and ciliated. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Forewings with the apex rectangular in male, typically acute and produced in female. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated from veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle. ^[2]

Species

• Chilo agamemnon Błeszyński, 1962
• Chilo aleniella (Strand, 1913)
• Chilo argyrogramma Hampson, 1919
• Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905
• Chilo bandra (Kapur, 1950)
• Chilo batri (T. B. Fletcher, 1928)
• Chilo ceylonica Hampson, 1896
• Chilo chiriquitensis (Zeller, 1877)
• Chilo christophi Błeszyński, 1965
• Chilo cinnamomellus Berg, 1875
• Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo crypsimetalla (Turner, 1911)
• Chilo dailingensis Wang & Sung, 1981
• Chilo demotellus Walker, 1866
• Chilo diffusilinea (de Joannis, 1927)
• Chilo erianthalis Capps, 1963
• Chilo flavirufalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo heracleus Zeller, 1877
• Chilo ikri (T. B. Fletcher, 1928)
• Chilo incerta (Sjöstedt, 1926)
• Chilo infuscatellus Snellen, 1890
• Chilo ingloriellus Möschler, 1882
• Chilo kanra (T. B. Fletcher, 1928)
• Chilo leucealis (Marion, 1957)
• Chilo ingulatellus Wang & Sung, 1981
• Chilo louisiadalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo luniferalis Hampson, 1896
• Chilo luteellus (Motschulsky 1866)
• Chilo mercatorius Błeszyński, 1970
• Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo niponella (Thunberg, 1788)
• Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911)
• Chilo panici Wang & Sung, 1981
• Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo phragmitella (Hübner, 1805)
• Chilo plejadellus Zincken, 1821
• Chilo polychrysus (Meyrick, 1932)
• Chilo prophylactes Meyrick, 1934
• Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo pulverata (Wileman & South, 1917)
• Chilo pulverosellus Ragonot 1895
• Chilo quirimbellus Błeszyński, 1970
• Chilo recalvus (Wallengren, 1876)
• Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer et al., 1856)
• Chilo spatiosellus Möschler, 1882
• Chilo subbivittalis (Gaede, 1917)
• Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1860)
• Chilo tamsi Kapur, 1950
• Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher, 1900
• Chilo thyrsis Błeszyński, 1963
• Chilo tumidicostalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Chilo vergilius Błeszyński, 1970
• Chilo yichunensis Wang & Sung, 1981
• Chilo zacconius Błeszyński, 1970
• Chilo zizaniae Wang & Sung, 1981
• Chilo zoriandellus Błeszyński, 1970

Status unclear

• Chilo decrepitellusZincken, 1821 [nomen oblitum], described from Germany

Former species

• Chilo williami (de Joannis, 1927)

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Chilo Zincken, 1817". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
• Chilo at Fauna Europaea