Prophantis androstigmata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Prophantis |
Species: | P. androstigmata |
Binomial name | |
Prophantis androstigmata (Hampson, 1918) | |
Synonyms | |
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Prophantis androstigmata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found on New Guinea [1] and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wings are brown with yellow margins and white spots on the forewings. [2]
Agrotis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct.
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.
Erebus is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Lemyra is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus contains many species from East and South Asia, Sundaland and Australia. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Nudaria is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.
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.
Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.
Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Prophantis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Eublemma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1829.
Hyposada is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Leucania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
The Anerastiini are a tribe of moths of the family Pyralidae.
Hypsotropa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. The type species is Hypsotropa limbella.
Prophantis adusta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Inoue in 1986. It is found in India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Prophantis coenostolalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found in Sierra Leone. It was formerly placed in the Pyraustinae genus Thliptoceras.
Prophantis xanthomeralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Malawi. It was formerly placed in the Pyraustinae genus Thliptoceras.
Heosphora is a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae. The genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. The type species is Anerastia psamathella Meyrick, 1879, designated as such by George Hampson in 1901. All Heosphora species are found in Australia.
Heosphora desertella is a grass moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson as Saluria desertella in 1918. It is found in Australia.