''Diplopseustis'' 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 ...

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

s in the subfamily

Lathrotelinae Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It currently comprises 45 species in six genera. Description Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing o ...

of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 ...

. It was described in 1884 by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

with ''Cymoriza minima'' Butler, 1881 as its

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, which is now considered a

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of ''

Diplopseustis perieresalis ''Diplopseustis perieresalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is widespread in the Orient, Oriental region, Australia and New Zealand, but was introduced to the Western Palaearctic biogeographic realm, realm, where it quickly ex ...

''. The genus currently comprises seven species distributed in the

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

and

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea an ...

Species

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Diplopseustis constellata ''Diplopseustis constellata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Warren in 1896. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-large ...

'' Warren, 1896 *''

Diplopseustis metallias ''Diplopseustis metallias'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from the Sangihe Islands The Sangihe Islands (also spelled "Sangir", "Sanghir" or ...

'' Meyrick, 1897 *''

Diplopseustis nigerialis ''Diplopseustis nigerialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906 and is found in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya of ...

'' Hampson, 1906 *'' Diplopseustis pallidalis'' Warren, 1896 *''

'' (Walker, 1859) *''

Diplopseustis prophetica ''Diplopseustis prophetica'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airp ...

'' Meyrick, 1887 *'' Diplopseustis selenalis'' Hampson, 1906

References

{{Crambidae-stub Crambidae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick