''Achyra'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1849.

Species

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Achyra affinitalis ''Achyra affinitalis'', the cotton web spinner, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer (entomologist), Julius Lederer in 1863 and is found in Australia and New Zealand. Description The wingspan is about 20 m ...

'' (Lederer, 1863) *''

Achyra arida ''Achyra arida'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Koen V. N. Maes in 2005. It is found in Kenya. References

Moths described in 2005 Pyraustinae Moths of Africa {{Pyraustinae-stub ...

'' Maes, 2005 *'' Achyra bifidalis'' (Fabricius, 1794) *'' Achyra brasiliensis'' Capps, 1967 *''

Achyra coelatalis ''Achyra coelatalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Niger, the Seyc ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Achyra eneanalis'' (Schaus, 1923) *''

Achyra imperialis ''Achyra imperialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Sauber in 1899. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republik ...

'' (Sauber in Semper, 1899) *'' Achyra llaguenalis'' Munroe, 1978 *''

Achyra massalis ''Achyra massalis'', the ombava, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in most of the Old World tropics, including Réunion, Namibia and Australia (including New South Wales, Queensla ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *''

Achyra nigrirenalis ''Achyra nigrirenalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia. The wing ...

'' (Hampson, 1913) *''

Achyra nudalis ''Achyra nudalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1 ...

'' (Hübner, 1796) *''

Achyra occidentalis ''Achyra occidentalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Packard in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California and Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western ...

'' (Packard, 1873) *''

Achyra piuralis ''Achyra piuralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hahn William Capps in 1967. It is found in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symb ...

'' (Capps, 1967) *''

Achyra prionogramma ''Achyra prionogramma'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of ...

'' (Meyrick, 1886) *''

Achyra protealis ''Achyra protealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Warren in 1892. It is endemic to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol ...

'' (Warren, 1892) *''

Achyra rantalis ''Achyra rantalis'', the garden webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine to southern Quebec and Ontario, south to Florida and Mexico. It ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) – garden webworm moth *''

Achyra serrulata ''Achyra serrulata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1932. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia oc ...

'' (Turner, 1932) *''

Achyra takowensis ''Achyra takowensis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Koen V. N. Maes in 1987. It is endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and Sou ...

'' Maes, 1987

Former species

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Achyra similalis ''Achyra rantalis'', the garden webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine to southern Quebec and Ontario, south to Florida and Mexico. It ...

'' Guenée, 1854

References

Pyraustinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Pyraustinae-stub