Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with 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 that rest in wing-spread attitudes.
The Pyraloidea are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are generally fairly small moths, and as such, they have been traditionally associated with the paraphyletic Microlepidoptera.
Cataclysta lemnata, the small china-mark, is a moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, Morocco and Iran.
Schoenobius gigantella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe and China.
Donacaula forficella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794. It is found in China (Heilongjiang), Europe and South Africa.
Charitoprepes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the species-rich tribe Margaroniini in the subfamily Spilomelinae.
Eristena is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Nymphicula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Donacaula niloticus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, China (Gansu), Turkey, Russia, India and North Africa, including Algeria and Egypt.
Pyrausta phoenicealis, the perilla leaf moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found worldwide, including the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia.
Isocentris filalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Togo Indonesia (Java), Myanmar and Taiwan.
Glaphyriinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1923. The subfamily currently comprises 509 species in 75 genera.
Scopariinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. The subfamily was described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Acropentias aureus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Japan, China, Taiwan and the Russian Far East.
Zebronia mahensis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910. It is found on the Seychelles, where it has been recorded from Mahé and Silhouette.
Leechia sinuosalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by South in 1901. It is found in China, Japan and Taiwan.
Patissa fulvosparsa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India and Indonesia.
Patissa nigropunctata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wileman and South in 1918. It is found in Taiwan.
Scirpophaga flavidorsalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Yunnan, China, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, western Malaysia, Java, the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.
Scirpophaga khasis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Angoon Lewvanich in 1981. It is found in Yunnan in China and in India.
