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''Charltona'' 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 erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.


Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), clothed with rough hair, and projecting about one and a half times the length of the head. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with hair. Frons rounded. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Wings long and narrow. Forewings with rectangular apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated with veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and approximated for a short distance. Vein 6 absent and vein 7 anastomosing (fused) with vein 8.


Species

*'' Charltona actinialis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona albidalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona albimixtalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona argyrastis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona ariadna'' Błeszyński, 1970 *'' Charltona atrifascialis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona bivitellus'' (Moore, 1872) *'' Charltona cervinellus'' (Moore, 1872) (including ''C. interruptellus'', which may be distinct) *'' Charltona chrysopasta'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Charltona cramboides'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Charltona desistalis'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Charltona diatraeella'' (Hampson, 1896) *'' Charltona endothermalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona fusca'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Charltona inconspicuellus'' (Moore, 1872) *'' Charltona interstitalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona kala'' C. Swinhoe, 1886 *'' Charltona laminata'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Charltona ortellus'' (C. Swinhoe, 1887) *'' Charltona plurivittalis'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Charltona rufalis'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Charltona synaula'' Meyrick, 1933 *'' Charltona trichialis'' (Hampson, 1903) *'' Charltona tritonella'' (Hampson, 1898)


Status unclear

*'' Charltona consociellus'' (Walker, 1863)


References

Crambinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe Taxa described in 1886 {{Crambinae-stub