| Nagiella | |
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| Nagiella inferior , imago | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Agroterini |
| Genus: | Nagiella Munroe, 1976 [1] |
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Nagiella is a genus of moths in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.
The six species of Nagiella are distributed in East and Southeast Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent. [1] [2]
The caterpillars of Nagiella inferior have been recorded on Coffea liberica in the Rubiaceae family. [3]
Nagiella was established by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976 as a replacement name for NagiaWalker, 1866, a name that was preoccupied by Nagia Walker, 1858 in the Lepidoptera family Erebidae. [6] The type species, Nagia desmialisWalker, 1865, is now considered a synonym of Nagiella quadrimaculalis(Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844), which was described earlier and therefore has priority over the younger name. [1] The name quadrimaculalisMotschultsky, 1861 (published in the genus Botys) is a secondary homonym of the previously published name quadrimaculalisKollar & Redtenbach, 1844 (published in Scopula), and therefore the name inferiorHampson, 1899 (in the genus Sylepta, a misspelling of Syllepte ) was proposed as objective replacement name. [1] [7] : 724
In the past, the genus was considered a synonym of Pleuroptya , until in 2017 a taxonomic revision showed that Nagiella is distinct from Pleuroptya, thus reinstating it as a valid genus. [4]
Nagiella is placed in the tribe Agroterini of the subfamily Spilomelinae. [8]