''Aulacodes'' 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 ...

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 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 ear ...

in 1854.

Species

*'' Aulacodes adiantealis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Aulacodes adjutrealis'' Schaus, 1924 *'' Aulacodes aechmialis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Aulacodes bipunctalis'' Kenrick, 1907 *'' Aulacodes briocusalis'' (Schaus, 1924) *'' Aulacodes caepiosalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Aulacodes cervinalis'' (Hampson, 1897) *'' Aulacodes chalcialis'' (Hampson, 1906) *'' Aulacodes chionostola'' (Hampson, 1917) *'' Aulacodes cilianalis'' (Schaus, 1924) *'' Aulacodes citronalis'' (Druce, 1896) *'' Aulacodes confusalis'' Schaus, 1906 *'' Aulacodes congallalis'' Schaus, 1924 *'' Aulacodes convoluta'' Hampson, 1897 *'' Aulacodes cuprescens'' (Hampson, 1912) *'' Aulacodes delicata'' Schaus, 1912 *'' Aulacodes exhibitalis'' (Walker, 1862) *'' Aulacodes filigeralis'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Aulacodes fragmentalis'' (Lederer, 1863) *'' Aulacodes gothicalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Aulacodes halitalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Aulacodes hodevalis'' (Druce, 1896) *'' Aulacodes ilialis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Aulacodes julittalis'' Schaus, 1924 *'' Aulacodes lunalis'' Kenrick, 1907 *'' Aulacodes melanicalis'' (Hampson, 1917) *'' Aulacodes mesoleucalis'' (Hampson, 1917) *'' Aulacodes methodica'' Meyrick, 1936 *'' Aulacodes moralis'' Schaus, 1906 *'' Aulacodes obtusalis'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Aulacodes pampalis'' Schaus, 1906 *'' Aulacodes peribocalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Aulacodes pulchralis'' (Rothschild, 1915) *'' Aulacodes purpurealis'' Kenrick, 1907 *'' Aulacodes psyllalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Aulacodes pulcherialis'' (Druce, 1896) *'' Aulacodes reversalis'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Aulacodes scaralis'' (Schaus, 1906) *'' Aulacodes semicircularis'' Hampson, 1897 *'' Aulacodes templalis'' Schaus, 1906 *'' Aulacodes traversalis'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Aulacodes trigonalis'' (Hampson, 1906)

Former species

*'' Aulacodes hamalis'' Snellen, 1875 Furthermore, ''"A." eupselias'' was erroneously assigned to this genus at first; it is actually not very closely related by grass moth standards and nowadays placed in the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus '' Marasmianympha''.

References

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