Prionapteryx

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Prionapteryx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Ancylolomiini
Genus: Prionapteryx
Stephens, 1834 [1]
Synonyms
  • AlloeaTurner, 1947
  • CalarinaWalker, 1866
  • HypotomorphaRebel, 1892
  • NuaraceWalker, 1863
  • NauraceBleszynski & Collins, 1962
  • PindicitoraWalker, 1863
  • PindicitraShibuya, 1928
  • PlatytesiaStrand, 1918
  • PrionopteryxZeller, 1863
  • LoxophantisMeyrick, 1935

Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

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Crambinae Subfamily of moths

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<i>Ancylolomia</i> Genus of moths

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

Argyria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

<i>Calamotropha</i> Genus of moths

Calamotropha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

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

Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.

<i>Fissicrambus</i> Genus of moths

Fissicrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

<i>Glaucocharis</i> Genus of moths

Glaucocharis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1938.

<i>Metasia</i> Genus of moths

Metasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

<i>Microcrambus</i> Genus of moths

Microcrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1963.

<i>Pseudocatharylla</i> Genus of moths

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.

<i>Thaumatopsis</i> Genus of moths

Thaumatopsis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-10.