Acentropinae is a fairly small
subfamily
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of the
lepidoptera
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n family
Crambidae
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, the crambid snout
moth
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s. Species of this subfamily are exclusively found in wetlands and
aquatic habitat
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s.
Systematics
In modern treatments, the former subfamily Nymphulinae is mostly treated as a tribe within Acentropinae. There are about 730 species in 78 genera. Only 13 species in 6 genera are found in Europe.
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Acentria
''Acentria'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae that was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Its only species, ''Acentria ephemerella'', the watermilfoil moth or water veneer, was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schif ...
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Stephens, 1829 (= ''Acentropus''
J. Curtis, 1834; ''Setina''
Hübner, 1819; ''Zancle''
Stephens, 1833)
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Agassiziella''
Yoshiyasu, 1989 (= ''Agassizia''
Yoshiyasu, 1987)
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Almonia''
Walker, 1866
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Anydraula''
Meyrick, 1885
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Araeomorpha''
Turner, 1908 (= ''Tholerastis''
Turner, 1915)
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Argyractis''
Hampson, 1897
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Argyractoides''
Lange, 1956
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Argyrophorodes''
Marion, 1956
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Aulacodes''
Guenée, 1854 (= ''Hydrophysa''
Guenée, 1854)
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Banepa''
Moore, 1888
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Brevicella''
Kenrick, 1912
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Callilitha''
Munroe, 1959
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Cataclysta''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Catoclysta''
Hampson, 1893)
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Chrysendeton''
Grote, 1881
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Clepsicosma''
Meyrick, 1888
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Compsophila''
Meyrick, 1886
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Contiger''
Lange, 1956
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Cryptocosma''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Chalcoelopsis''
Dyar, 1914)
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Decticogaster''
Snellen, 1880
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Diathraustodes''
Hampson, 1896
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Dodanga''
Moore, 1886
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Elophila''
Hübner, 1822 (= ''Cyrtogramme''
Yoshiyasu, 1985; ''Elophila''
Hübner, 1806; ''Hydrocampus''
Berthold, 1827; ''Hydrocampa''
Stephens, 1829; ''Hydrocampe''
Latreille, 1829; ''Munroessa''
Lange, 1956; ''Synclita''
Lederer, 1863)
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Eoophyla''
Swinhoe, 1900
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Eoparargyractis''
Lange, 1956 (= ''Eoparargyractis''
Lange, 1956)
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Ephormotris''
Meyrick, 1933
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Eristena''
Warren, 1896
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Eurytorna''
Meyrick, 1886
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Galadra''
Walker, 1865
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Giorgia''
J. F. G. Clarke, 1965
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Glyphandra''
Karsch, 1900
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Goniopalpia''
Hampson, 1903
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Hemiloba''
Swinhoe, 1901
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Hyaloplaga''
Warren, 1892 (= ''Hyaloplagia''
Sharp, 1893)
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Hygraula''
Meyrick, 1885 (= ''Blechroglossa''
Turner, 1937; ''Blechroglosso''
Neave, 1950)
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Hylebatis''
Turner, 1908
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Kasania''
Krulikovsky, 1910
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Langessa''
Munroe, 1972
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Lasiogyia''
Hampson, 1907
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Lathroteles''
J. F. G. Clarke, 1971
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Leucogephyra''
Warren, 1896
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Margarochroma''
Warren, 1896
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Margarosticha''
Lederer, 1863
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Neargyractis''
Lange, 1956
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Neocataclysta''
Lange, 1956
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Neoschoenobia''
Hampson, 1900 (= ''Eranistis''
Meyrick, 1910)
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Neurophruda''
Warren, 1896 (= ''Neophruda''
Hampson, 1897)
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Nicaria''
Snellen, 1880
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Nyctiplanes''
Turner, 1937
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Nymphicula''
Snellen, 880
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Events
By place
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*'' Nymphula'' Schrank, 1802 (= ''Pseudoparaponyx'' Patocka, 1951)
*'' Nymphuliella'' Lange, 1956
*'' Nymphulodes'' Hampson, 1919
*'' Oligernis'' Meyrick, 1894
*'' Oligostigma'' Guenée, 1854
*'' Oligostigmoides'' Lange, 1956
*'' Opisthedeicta'' Warren, 1890
*'' Osphrantis'' Meyrick, 1897
*'' Oxyelophila'' Forbes, 1922
*'' Paracataclysta'' Yoshiyasu, 1983
*'' Paracymoriza'' Warren, 1890 (= ''Micromania'' Swinhoe, 1894; ''Stenicula'' Snellen, 1901)
*'' Parapoynx'' Hübner, 1825 (= ''Cosmophylla'' Turner, 1908; ''Eustales'' Clemens, 1860; ''Hydreuretis'' Meyrick, 1885; ''Microdracon'' Warren, 1890; ''Nymphaeella'' Grote, 1880; ''Paraponyx'' Guenée, 1854; ''Sironia'' Clemens, 1860)
*'' Petrophila'' Guilding, 1830 (= ''Parargyractis'' Lange, 1956)
*'' Potamomusa'' Yoshiyasu, 1985 (= ''Potamusa'' Speidel & Mey, 1999)
*'' Pseudlithosia'' Hampson, 1907 (= ''Pseudolithosia'' Neave, 1940)
*'' Pythagoraea'' Meyrick, 1929 (= ''Pythagorea'' Klima, 1937)
*'' Stegothyris'' Lederer, 1863
*'' Strepsinoma'' Meyrick, 1897
*'' Symphonia'' Hampson, 1896
*'' Synclitodes'' Munroe, 1974
*'' Temnobasis'' Gaede, 1916
*'' Teratausta'' Hampson, 1903
*'' Teratauxta'' E. Hering, 1901 (= ''Ridleyana'' Hampson, 1906)
*'' Tetrernia'' Meyrick, 1890 (= ''Metaclysta'' Hampson, 1906)
*'' Theila'' Swinhoe, 1900 (= ''Ambahona'' Marion, 1954; ''Ambahonia'' Marion, 1954)
*'' Thevitella'' Viette, 1958
*'' Usingeriessa'' Lange, 1956
Former genera
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Ambia''
Walker, 1859
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Gethosyne''
Warren, 1896
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Niphadaza''
Butler, 1886
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Physematia''
Lederer, 1863
See also
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List of crambid genera
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References
External links
Lepiforum Acentropinae Images*
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Taxa named by James Francis Stephens