''Pilocrocis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. The genus was first erected by
Julius Lederer in 1863.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Pilocrocis'':
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Pilocrocis acutangula''
Hampson, 1899
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Pilocrocis angulifera
''Pilocrocis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on gra ...
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Kenrick, 1912
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Pilocrocis anigrusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Pilocrocis bastalis''
Schaus, 1920
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Pilocrocis buckleyi''
(Druce, 1895)
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Pilocrocis calamistis''
Hampson, 1899
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Pilocrocis caustichroalis
''Pilocrocis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on gra ...
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Hampson, 1918
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Pilocrocis confixalis''
(Walker, 1866)
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Pilocrocis coptobasis''
Hampson, 1899
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Pilocrocis cryptalis''
(Druce, 1895)
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Pilocrocis cuprealis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis cuprescens''
Hampson, 1917
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Pilocrocis cyranonalis
''Pilocrocis cyranonalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1920. It is found in Guatemala.
The wingspan is about 34 mm. The wings are brown with a faint purplish tinge, the forewings with opalescent ...
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Schaus, 1920
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Pilocrocis cyrisalis''
(Druce, 1895)
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Pilocrocis deltalis''
Viette, 1958
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Pilocrocis dentilinealis''
Schaus, 1920
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Pilocrocis dichocrosialis
''Pilocrocis dichocrosialis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Descriptio ...
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Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis dithyralis
''Pilocrocis dithyralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Guyana.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the oppos ...
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Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis dohrnialis
''Pilocrocis dohrnialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hering in 1901. It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra
Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within I ...
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E. Hering, 1901
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Pilocrocis evanidalis
''Pilocrocis evanidalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1920. It is found in Guatemala.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite ...
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Schaus, 1920
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Pilocrocis fanovalis
''Pilocrocis fanovalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pierre Viette in 1958. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagasc ...
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Viette, 1958
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Pilocrocis flagellalis
''Pilocrocis flagellalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1909. It is found in French Guiana
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department an ...
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Dognin, 1909
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Pilocrocis flavicorpus
''Pilocrocis flavicorpus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in Peru.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposi ...
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Hampson, 1917
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Pilocrocis floccosa
''Pilocrocis floccosa'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hering in 1901. It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra
Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Ind ...
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(E. Hering, 1901)
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Pilocrocis fulviflavalis
''Pilocrocis fulviflavalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in Peru.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the oppo ...
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Hampson, 1917
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Pilocrocis fumidalis
''Pilocrocis fumidalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposi ...
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Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis gillippusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Pilocrocis glaucitalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis granjae''
F. Hoffmann, 1934
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Pilocrocis guianalis''
Schaus, 1920
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Pilocrocis hypoleucalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis isozona''
(Meyrick, 1936)
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Pilocrocis italavalis''
Viette, 1958
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Pilocrocis janinalis''
Viette, 1958
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Pilocrocis lactealis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis laralis''
Hampson, 1909
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Pilocrocis latifuscalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Pilocrocis melangnatha''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis melastictalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis metachrysias''
Hampson, 1918
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Pilocrocis milvinalis''
(Swinhoe, 1885)
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Pilocrocis modestalis''
Schaus, 1912
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Pilocrocis monothyralis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis musalis''
Schaus, 1912
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Pilocrocis nubilinea''
Bethune-Baker, 1909
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Pilocrocis pachyceralis''
Hampson, 1917
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Pilocrocis patagialis''
Hampson, 1909
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Pilocrocis phaeocoryla''
Ghesquière, 1942
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Pilocrocis plicatalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis polialis''
Schaus, 1927
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Pilocrocis pterygodia''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis purpurascens''
Hampson, 1899
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Pilocrocis ramentalis
''Pilocrocis ramentalis'', commonly known as the scraped pilocrocis moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer (entomologist), Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been rec ...
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Lederer, 1863
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Pilocrocis rectilinealis''
(Kenrick, 1917)
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Pilocrocis reniferalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Pilocrocis rooalis''
(Snellen, 1875)
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Pilocrocis roxonalis''
(Druce, 1895)
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Pilocrocis runatalis''
Dyar, 1914
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Pilocrocis sororalis''
Schaus, 1920
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Pilocrocis synomotis''
(Meyrick, 1894)
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Pilocrocis xanthostictalis''
Hampson, 1908
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Pilocrocis xanthozonalis''
Hampson, 1912
Former species
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Pilocrocis ingeminata
''Pilocrocis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on gra ...
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Meyrick, 1933
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Lederer (entomologist)
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