Evergestinae is a fairly small

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

of the

lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

n family Crambidae, the crambid snout

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s. The subfamily was described by H. Marion in 1952. It contains roughly 140

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on all continents and

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s. Evergestine moths resemble

Pyraustinae Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species; most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe. The Py ...

; however, the male genitalia have a long

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and long, slender gnathos. The larvae feed mostly on Brassicaceae. Taxonomists' opinions differ as to the correct placement of the Crambidae, some authorities treating them as a subfamily (Crambinae) of the family Pyralidae. If this is done, Evergestinae is usually treated as a separate subfamily within Pyralidae.

Genera

*'' Cornifrons'' Lederer, 1858 (= ''Ventosalis'' Marion, 1957) *'' Crocidolomia'' Zeller, 1852 (= ''Godara'' Walker, 1859, ''Pseudopisara'' Shiraki, 1913, ''Tchahbaharia'' Amsel, 1951) *'' Cylindrifrons'' Munroe, 1951 *'' Evergestella'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Evergestis'' Hübner, 1825 (= ''Aedis'' Grote, 1878, ''Paraedis'' Grote, 1882, ''Paroedis'' Hampson, 1899, ''Euergestis'' Warren, 1892, ''Euergestis'' Rebel, 1906–07, ''Homochroa'' Hübner, 1825, ''Maelinoptera'' Staudinger, 1893, ''Mesographe'' Hübner, 1825, ''Orobena'' Guenée, 1854, ''Pachyzancloides'' Matsumura, 1925, ''Pionea'' Duponchel, 1845, ''Reskovitsia'' Szent-Ivány, 1942, ''Scopolia'' Hübner, 1825) *'' Orenaia'' Duponchel, 1845 *'' Prorasea'' Grote, 1878 *'' Symphysa'' Hampson, (1898) 1899 *'' Trischistognatha'' Warren, 1892

References

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