Crocidolomia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Evergestinae |
Genus: | Crocidolomia Zeller, 1852 [1] |
Synonyms | |
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Evergestinae is a fairly small subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. The subfamily was described by H. Marion in 1952. It contains roughly 140 species on all continents and continental islands. Evergestine moths resemble Pyraustinae; however, the male genitalia have a long uncus and long, slender gnathos. The larvae feed mostly on Brassicaceae.
Caffrocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Elophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1822.
Eoophyla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1900.
Eristena is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Gargela is a genus of moths in the subfamily Crambinae of the family Crambidae. The genus currently comprises 22 Austral-Asian species, of which the majority has been described in recent years. Many species remain to be described, with their total number probably being around 40 species.
Glaphyria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Margarosticha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Micraglossa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Oxyelophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1922.
Nosophora is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae.
Nymphicula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.
Paracymoriza is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Parapoynx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Petrophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
Strepsinoma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.
Schoenobius is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae and typical of the subfamily Schoenobiinae. Species are found mostly in Europe.
Crocidolomia luteolalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Crocidolomia suffusalis, the croci, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in south-east Asia, where it has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Bali, Borneo, the Philippines and Taiwan. It is also present in New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.