Hoploscopa

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Hoploscopa
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Hoploscopa

Meyrick, 1886 [1]
Synonyms
  • HaploscopaHampson, 1897 (misspelling)
  • SyncrotaulaMeyrick, 1933
  • EudorinaSnellen, 1895

Hoploscopa is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Hoploscopinae of the family Crambidae. [2] The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886, with Hoploscopa astrapias as type species. [1]

A recent taxonomic study using morphology and DNA data described an additional 26 species, [3] so that the genus currently comprises 42 species. [1] At least 30 more species await scientific description. [3]

The caterpillars are reported to feed on ferns. [3] [4]

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Crambidae Family of moths

The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.

Spilomelinae Subfamily of moths

Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,132 described species in 340 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.

<i>Agrotera</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Agrotera is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It is the type genus of the tribe Agroterini and currently comprises 28 species distributed in the Afrotropical, Palearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realm.

<i>Bocchoris</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Bocchoris is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885.

<i>Cnaphalocrocis</i> Genus of moths

Cnaphalocrocis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Julius Lederer in 1863.

<i>Conchylodes</i> Genus of moths

Conchylodes is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. The genus comprises 21 species and is placed in the tribe Udeini.

<i>Conogethes</i> Genus of moths

Conogethes is a genus of moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The currently 17 recognized species are distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realm.

<i>Eoophyla</i> Genus of moths

Eoophyla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1900.

Hydropionea is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The 13 described species are distributed in Central and South America.

<i>Leucinodes</i> Genus of moths

Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

<i>Udea</i> Genus of moths

Udea is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845. The currently known 214 species are present on all continents except Antarctica. About 41 species are native to Hawaii.

<i>Lygropia</i> Genus of moths

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.

<i>Paracymoriza</i> Genus of moths

Paracymoriza is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

<i>Placosaris</i> Genus of moths

Placosaris is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Pyraustinae of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the tribe Pyraustini.

<i>Scoparia</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Scoparia is a grass moth genus of subfamily Scopariinae. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Sineudonia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

Sisyracera is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described in 1890 by Heinrich Benno Möschler with Leucinodes preciosalis as type species, now considered a synonym of Sisyracera subulalis. The genus has been placed in the tribe Udeini.

Herpetogrammatini Tribe of moths

Herpetogrammatini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Richard Mally, James E. Hayden, Christoph Neinhuis, Bjarte H. Jordal and Matthias Nuss in 2019.

Asciodini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Richard Mally, James E. Hayden, Christoph Neinhuis, Bjarte H. Jordal and Matthias Nuss in 2019.

Hoploscopinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson et al., 1994.

Erupinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1995.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. Nuss, Matthias (1998). "The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region – a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra". Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo. 17 (Suppl): 475–528.
  3. 1 2 3 Léger, Théo; Kehlmaier, Christian; Vairappan, Charles S.; Nuss, M (2020). "Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding". ZooKeys (907): 1–99. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.907.36563 . PMC   7002455 . PMID   32063727.
  4. Mally, Richard; Léger, Théo; Vairappan, Charles S.; Sutton, Stephen; Nuss, Matthias (2017). "Discovery of another fern-feeding group of moths: the larvae of Hoploscopini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from Borneo" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 65: 100–108.