''Acmanthina'' is a genus 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 belonging to the family
Tortricidae
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...
and tribe
Euliini
The Euliini are a tribe of tortrix moths.
Distribution
Most Euliini (nearly 98%) are found in the Neotropics and a small number is found in the Nearctic. Only '' Eulia'' is found in the Old World, since it has a Holarctic distribution.
Diversi ...
. Within Euliini, it is part of the ''
Bonagota
''Bonagota'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae.
Species
*''Bonagota arizonae'' Razowski & Becker, 2000
*''Bonagota bogotana'' Walker, 1863
*''Bonagota chiapasana'' Razowski & Becker, 2000
*''Bonagota costaricana'' Razo ...
'' group of closely related genera, alongside ''
Apotomops'', ''Bonagota'', ''
Haemateulia'' and ''
Ptychocroca''.
The name of the genus is derived from the
specific epithet
In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...
of its type species, ''
Acmanthina acmanthes''.
Species
*''
Acmanthina acmanthes''
(Meyrick, 1931)
*''
Acmanthina albipuncta''
Brown, 2000
*''
Acmanthina molinana''
Razowski & Pelz, 2010
Notes and references
* , 2005, ''World Catalogue of Insects'' 5
* 2010: Tortricidae from Chile (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia'' 38 (149): 5-55.
External links
tortricidae.com
Euliini
Tortricidae genera
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