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Galleries >> Lepidoptera-Crambidae



Lepidoptera-Crambidae Gallery

The Crambidae are commonly known as the Grass Moths.

They, together with the Pyralidae comprise the Pyraloidea, one of the largest superfamilies of Lepidoptera, with more than 17,500 species, worldwide. However, it is considered that many species remain to be described, and this is particularly the case in South-East Asia, where study of these families have been minimal.

Only species identified to at least Genus level are included here at present, the vast majority belong to the subfamily Spilomelinae, with only a few representatives from the other subfamilies.

I would like to put on record the assistance of Roland Breithaupt and Roger Kendrick for the identification of many of these species. Any identification errors are mine.

  • Aetholix flavibasalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Agrotera basinotata (Spilomelinae)
  • Agrotera coelatalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Cirrhochrista annulifera (Spilomelinae)
  • Cirrhochrista brizoalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Cnaphalocrocis bilinealis (Spilomelinae)
  • Cnaphalocrocis limbalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Conogethes pluto (Spilomelinae)
  • Diaphania indica (Spilomelinae)
  • Diasemia acalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Dysallacta negetalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Eurryhparodes tricolaris (Spilomelinae)
  • Filodes fulvidorsalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Glyphodes bicolor (Spilomelinae)
  • Glyphodes bivitralis (Spilomelinae)
  • Glyphodes caesalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Glyphodes canthusalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Glyphodes itysalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Hyalobathra aequalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Hydriris ornatalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Lamprosema sp. c.f.similis (Spilomelinae)
  • Leucinodes apicalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Leucinodes orbonalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Maruca amboinalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Metoeca foedalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Nacoleia sp. c.f.insolitalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Omiodes diemenalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Omiodes dispilotalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Omiodes sp. c.f.diemenalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Pardomima distorta (Spilomelinae)
  • Parotis punctiferalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Patania aedalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Polythlipta liquidalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Prophantis sp.1 (Spilomelinae)
  • Prophantis sp.2 (Spilomelinae)
  • Pycnarmon cribrata (Spilomelinae)
  • Pygospila tyres (Spilomelinae)
  • Rhimphalia astrigalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Rhimphaliodes macrostigma (Spilomelinae)
  • Sameodes cancellalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Spolodea recurvalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Synclera traducalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Talanga sexpunctalis (Spilomelinae)
  • Isocentris phoenicozona (Pyraustinae)
  • Pagyda lustralis (Pyraustinae)
  • Nymphicula sp.1 - poss. tripunctata (Acentropinae)
  • Paraponyx diminutalis (Acentropinae)
  • Paraponyx fluctuosalis (Acentropinae)
  • Paraponyx stagnalis (Acentropinae)
  • Musotima sp.1 (Mustominae)
  • Musotima sp.2 - poss. marginipunctata (Musotominae)
  • Scirpophaga sp. (Schoeonobiinae)
  • Scirpophaga sp. (Schoeonobiinae)

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