| Chilopionea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Chilopionea Munroe, 1964 [1] |
| Species: | C. postcuneifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilopionea postcuneifera Munroe, 1964 | |
Chilopionea is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Chilopionea postcuneifera, which is found in Peru.
Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species; most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe.