''Conogethes'' is a

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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 in the

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Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids. Description Imagines ...

of the

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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 currently 17 recognized species are distributed in the

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and

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. The genus contains several species that are considered

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on economically important food plants such as ''

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'', ''

Elettaria ''Elettaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere. One member of the genus, '' E. cardamomum'', is a commercially important spice used as ...

'' and ''

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'', on ornamental plants like ''

Alpinia ''Alpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates.Shorea Fruit of a ''Shorea'' species ''Shorea'' is a genus of about 47 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The timber of trees of the genus is sold under the common names lauan, luan, lawaan, meranti, seraya, balau, bang ...

'', ''

Dipterocarpus '' D. retusus'' in Köhler ''Dipterocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants and the type genus of family Dipterocarpaceae. ''Dipterocarpus'' is the third-largest and most diverse genus among the Dipterocarpaceae. The species are well known for ...

'' and several genera of the pine family, which are used as

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trees. Within Spilomelinae, ''Conogethes'' is placed in the species-rich tribus Margaroniini, where it was found to be closely related to the genera ''

Azochis ''Azochis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. Species *''Azochis camptozonalis'' Hampson, 1913 *''Azochis cirrhigeralis'' Dognin, 1908 *''Azochis curviline ...

'', '' Ghesquierellana'' and '' Megastes''. Imagines of ''Conogethes'' resemble in their wing pattern those of ''

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'', the '' Polygrammodes eleuata'' species complex and ''

Syllepte incomptalis ''Syllepte incomptalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae, described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It lives in Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Cari ...

'', and to a lesser degree '' Dichocrocis'', '' Notarcha'' and '' Trigonobela''. The

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'' Conogethes punctiferalis'' is a major pest species in

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and

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and has therefore been the focus of extensive research. In several cases, populations of ''C. punctiferalis'' associated with different hosts were found, eventually resulting in the recognition of different species, such as '' C. parvipunctalis'', '' C. pinicolalis'' and '' C. sahyadriensis''.

DNA barcoding DNA barcoding is a method of species identification using a short section of DNA from a specific gene or genes. The premise of DNA barcoding is that by comparison with a reference library of such DNA sections (also called " sequences"), an indiv ...

data indicates several additional undescribed species, and a comprehensive

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of the genus is required to unravel the validity and circumscription of these new species.

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data for altogether 25

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s or BINs (Barcode Index Numbers) of ''Conogethes'' are stored in the

Barcode of Life Data System The Barcode of Life Data System (commonly known as BOLD or BOLDSystems) is a web platform specifically devoted to DNA barcoding. It is a cloud-based data storage and analysis platform developed at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Canada. It ...

(BOLD), although only sequences of 19 of these BINs (or putative species) are publicly accessible.

Species

*'' Conogethes clioalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Conogethes diminutiva'' Warren, 1896 *'' Conogethes ersealis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Conogethes evaxalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Conogethes haemactalis'' Snellen, 1890 *'' Conogethes minimastis'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Conogethes pandamalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Conogethes parvipunctalis'' Inoue & Yamanaka, 2006 *'' Conogethes pinicolalis'' Inoue & Yamanaka, 2006 *'' Conogethes pluto'' (Butler, 1887) *'' Conogethes punctiferalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Conogethes sahyadriensis'' Shashank, Kammar, Mally & Chakravarthy, 2018 *'' Conogethes semifascialis'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Conogethes spirotricha'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Conogethes tenuialalis'' Chaovalit & Yoshiyasu in Chaovalit, Yoshiyasu, Hirai & Pinkaew, 2019 *'' Conogethes tharsalea'' (Meyrick, 1887) *'' Conogethes umbrosa'' Meyrick, 1886

Species

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