| Prionapteryx | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Ancylolomiini |
| Genus: | Prionapteryx Stephens, 1834 [1] |
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Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasses, maize, sugar cane, rice, and other Poaceae. The monophyly of this group is supported by the structure of the tympanal organs and the phallus attached medially to the juxta.
The genus Crambus includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths, while the larvae of Crambus and the related genus Herpetogramma are the sod webworms, which can damage grasses.
Ancylolomia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Argyria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Calamotropha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.
Fissicrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Glaucocharis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1938.
Metasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Microcrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1963.
Pseudocatharylla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Surattha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was synonymized with Prionapteryx by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1967. Its status was later revised by Graziano Bassi and Wolfram Mey in 2011.
Thaumatopsis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.