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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
Genus: | Exeristis Meyrick, 1886 [1] |
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.
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the Palaearctic realm.
Omiodes is a moth genus in the family Crambidae. Several species are endemic to Hawaii.
Authaeretis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Bradina is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Diathrausta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Dracaenura is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 18863.
Glaucocharis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1938.
Hoploscopa is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Hoploscopinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886, with Hoploscopa astrapias as type species.
Piletocera is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was first described by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Nyctemera baulus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from India to Samoa. Records include Queensland, Indonesia and New Guinea.
Hypsipyla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888.
Exeristis asyphela is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in Tonga.
Exeristis asynopta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Tams in 1935. It is found on Samoa.
Exeristis catharia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Tams in 1935. It is found on Samoa.
Exeristis xanthota is a moth in the family Crambidae. It got described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in Fiji.
Apatetrinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1947.