''Eristena'' 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 ...
, found in southern and eastern Asia.
Species
*''bifurcalis'' species group
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Eristena bifurcalis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Eristena curvula''
F.Q. Chen, S.M. Song & C.S. Wu, 2006
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Eristena longibursa''
F.Q. Chen, S.M. Song & C.S. Wu, 2006
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Eristena lunaris''
You, Li & Wang, 2003
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Eristena medexpansa''
You, Li & Wang in You, Li & Wang, 2003
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Eristena minutale''
(Caradja, 1932)
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Eristena szechuanalis''
(Caradja, 1934)
*''fulva'' species group
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Eristena brevisigna''
F.Q. Chen, S.M. Song & C.S. Wu, 2006
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Eristena fulva''
Yoshiyasu, 1987
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Eristena mesilauensis''
Mey, 2009
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Eristena monika''
Mey, 2009
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Eristena pulchellale
''Eristena pulchellale'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is a ...
''
(Hampson, 1893)
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Eristena pumila''
Yoshiyasu, 1987
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Eristena tanongchiti''
Yoshiyasu, 1984
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Eristena tridentata''
F.Q. Chen, S.M. Song & C.S. Wu, 2006
*unknown species group
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Eristena albifurcalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Eristena araealis''
(Hampson, 1897)
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Eristena argentata''
Yoshiyasu, 1988
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Eristena auropunctalis''
(Hampson, 1903)
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Eristena camptoteles''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Eristena chrysozonalis''
(Hampson, 1912)
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Eristena endosaris''
(Meyrick, 1894)
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Eristena excisalis''
(Snellen, 1901)
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Eristena fumibasale''
(Hampson, 1896)
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Eristena gregaria''
Yoshiyasu, 1984
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Eristena grisealis''
Rothschild, 1915
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Eristena mangalis''
Murphy, 1989
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Eristena melanotalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Eristena murinalis''
Warren, 1896
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Eristena oligostigmalis''
Hampson, 1906
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Eristena ornata''
(Moore, 1885)
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Eristena orthoteles''
(Meyrick, 1894)
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Eristena parvalis''
(Moore, 1877)
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Eristena postalbalis''
(Hampson, 1893)
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Eristena shafferi''
Murphy, 1989
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Eristena straminealis''
Hampson, 1903
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Eristena syagrusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Eristena thalassalis''
Murphy, 1989
References
* ,
* , 2009: New aquatic moths from high elevations of Mt. Kinabalu in northern Borneo (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Acentropinae). ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 119 (3). 99-107.
* , 1989: Three new species of nymphuline moths from Singapore mangroves provisionally attributed to Eristena Warren (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 37 (1-2): 142-159. Full article
.
* 2003: New species of Aquatic moths from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). ''Insecta Koreana'' 20 (1): 7-49.
* , 1999: Catalogue of the Oriental ''Acentropinae'' (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 142 (1): 125-142. Full article
* , 2003: A taxonomic study on the genus ''Eristena'' Warren, 1896 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Nymphulinae). ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'' 28 (2): 302-306.
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist)
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