Sufetula (moth)

Sufetula
Sufetula sp. from Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Lathrotelinae
Genus:	Sufetula Walker, 1859 [1]
Synonyms
LoetrinaWalker, 1863 MirobrigaWalker, 1863 NannomorphaTurner, 1908 PerforadixSeín, 1930 PseudochoreutesSnellen, 1880 PseudochoreutisHampson, 1899 SafetulaHampson, 1893

Sufetula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. ^[2]

Sufetula nitidalis

Species

Where known, distribution records are given. ^{[1] [3]}

• Sufetula alychnopa (Turner, 1908)
• Sufetula anania Solis, Hayden, Sanabria, Gonzalez, Ujueta & Gulbronson, 2019 (from Costa Rica) ^[4]
• Sufetula bilinealis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula boileauae Nel, 2022 ^[5]
• Sufetula carbonalis Hayden, 2013 ^[6]
• Sufetula chagosalis (T. B. Fletcher, 1910) (from Chagos)
• Sufetula choreutalis (Snellen, 1879)
• Sufetula culshawi Young, Hall, Richards & Lees, 2025 ^[7]
• Sufetula cyanolepis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula diminutalis (Walker, 1866) (from the Americas)
• Sufetula dulcinalis (Snellen, 1899)
• Sufetula elfridea Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula falcata Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula fulgurata Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula gigantea Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula grumalis Schaus, 1920
• Sufetula hemiophthalma (Meyrick, 1884)
• Sufetula hypocharopa Dyar, 1914
• Sufetula hypochiralis Dyar, 1914
• Sufetula macropalpia Hampson, 1899
• Sufetula melanophthalma E. Hering, 1901
• Sufetula metallias (Meyrick, 1897)
• Sufetula minimalis T. B. Fletcher, 1910 (from Seychelles)
• Sufetula minuscula Inoue, 1996
• Sufetula minuta Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula monticola Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912 (from Africa and Madagascar)
• Sufetula nitidalis Hampson, 1908 (from India)
• Sufetula obliquistrialis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula oculalis Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula paula (West, 1931)
• Sufetula polystrialis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula rectifascialis Hampson, 1896 (from Sri Lanka)
• Sufetula sacchari (Seín, 1930)
• Sufetula serrata Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines) ^[8]
• Sufetula sufetulodes (Hampson, 1917)
• Sufetula sunidesalis Walker, 1859 (from Sri Lanka)
• Sufetula sythoffi (Snellen, 1899)
• Sufetula trichophysetis Hampson, 1912 (from Ghana)

Former species

• Sufetula brunnealis Hampson, 1917, currently placed in Diplopseustis ^[8]
• Sufetula pygmaea Hampson, 1912, now placed in the Nolidae genus Nola ^[9]
• Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1917), currently placed in Auchmophoba

References

1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2025). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
2. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Sufetula Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
3. De Prins, Jurate & De Prins, Willi (2018). "Sufetula Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
4. Solis, Maria Alma; Hayden, James E.; Sanabria, Freddy Vargas; Gonzalez, Francisco; Ujueta, Carlos Sanabria; Gulbronson, Connor J. (2019-08-06). "A new species of Sufetula Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) feeding on the roots of pineapple, Ananas comosus (L.) (Bromeliaceae), from Costa Rica". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 121 (3): 497–510. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.497.
5. Nel, J. (2022). "Découverte en France et description de Sufetula boileauae sp. n. especèce originaire du Honduras (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Lathrotelinae)". Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (in French). 31 (1). Perpignan: 19–23.
6. Hayden, James E. (2013). "Sufetula Walker in Florida (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". Insecta Mundi. 296. Gainesville, Florida: 1–15.
7. Young, Mark R.; Hall, Peter R.; Richards, Nigel G. J.; Lees, David C. (2025). "Sufetula culshawi sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Lathrotelinae): a previously unrecognised species affecting cultivated palms". Nota Lepidopterologica. 48: 1–14. doi: 10.3897/nl.48.126042 .
8. Müller, Anne; Hayden, James; Lees, David; Léger, Théo (2025-03-17). "Assessment of species diversity of the Lathrotelinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Philippines using morphology and DNA barcoding reveals eight new species". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2025.01.012 .
9. Solis, Maria Alma; Shaffer, Michael (1999). "Contribution towards the study of the Pyralinae (Pyralidae): historical review, morphology, and nomenclature". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 53 (1): 1–10.