| Sinomphisa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Margaroniini |
| Genus: | Sinomphisa Munroe, 1958 |
Sinomphisa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1958. [1] [2]
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.
Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes about 1,280 species Most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe.
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Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids.
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Autocharis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Evergestis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. A number of species are pests, including the cross-striped cabbageworm, a pest of cole crops such as cabbage.
Pyradena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1958. Its only species, Pyradena mirifica, described by Aristide Caradja in 1931, is found in China.
Pycnarmon is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Polygrammodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Rhectosemia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Syllepis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Felipe Poey in 1832.
Sparagmia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its only species, Sparagmia gonoptera, described by Pierre André Latreille in 1828, is found in Central and South America and in the Antilles. Records include Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica.
Dioryctria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846.
Acentropinae is a fairly small subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. Species of this subfamily are exclusively found in wetlands and aquatic habitats.
Pyrausta grotei is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington, Oregon, Montana, California, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona and Texas.
Pyrausta homonymalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Missouri to Virginia, Mississippi and Florida, west to Texas.
Pycnarmon jaguaralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Seram), the Himalayas, India (Assam), Bhutan and from Malaysia to the Solomon Islands.
Sinomphisa junctilinealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Margaroniini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Charles Swinhoe and Everard Charles Cotes in 1889, originally as family Margaronidae.