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The Lymantriinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Erebidae. The taxon was erected by George Hampson in 1893.
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, snout moths, or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied.
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera found worldwide, except the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae, which is mostly active during the day.
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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.
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Eudesmeola is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Eudesmeola lawsoni, or Lawson's night moth, was first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. It is found in the dry inland areas of Australia.
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Speiredonia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Erebus caprimulgus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Oriental Region of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Speiredonia itynx is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Java, Palawan, Sulawesi and the Moluccas.
Dichocrocis macrostidza is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912 and it is known from Myanmar.
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Metorthocheilus emarginata, or Chundana emarginata, is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Borneo, Java and Seram.
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References
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ EOL, Encyclopedia Of Life
- ↑ G. F. Hampson (January 1920). "On new genera and species of Lepidoptera phalaenae, with the characters of two new families". Novitates Zoologicae. 26: 270. Retrieved 29 Oct 2014.
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