| Hemiplatytes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Hemiplatytes Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 [1] |
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Hemiplatytes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae erected by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1924.
Blepharomastix is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Bocchoris is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885.
Donacoscaptes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Herpetogramma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It currently comprises 106 species and is found in North America, Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America. Of the few species where host plants are known, the larvae mostly feed on grasses.
Hileithia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Lamprosema is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Leucochromodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Lygropia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It currently comprises 66 species, which are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia, but not in Australia.
Petrophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
Cobubatha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Dichagyris is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The former genera Loxagrotis, Pseudorichia, Pseudorthosia and Mesembragrotis are now considered subgenera of Dichagyris. From Greek dikha-gyris 'apart, asunder; double' + 'the finest meal or flour'; English pronunciation: /digh-kuh-JIGH-riss/, IPA [dɑj•kə'dʒɑj•ɹɪs].
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. was an American entomologist after whom a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts is named - Dyar's Law. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which included digging tunnels under his home. He had a complicated personal life and along with his second wife he adopted the Baháʼi faith.
Athis is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Desmia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1832.
Apatelodes is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae first described by Packard in 1864.
Givira is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Hypopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Hemiplatytes epia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912. It has been recorded from the US state of California.
Hemiplatytes prosenes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912. It has been recorded from the US states of California, Colorado and Utah.
John Bernhardt Smith was an American professor of entomology who specialized in systematics and economic entomology while also serving as the State Entomologist of New Jersey. Smith is remembered in insect taxonomy for the conflict that he had with Harrison Dyar.