''Gargela'' is a
genus
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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 in the
subfamily
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Crambinae
Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasse ...
of the
family
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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 genus currently comprises 22 Austral-Asian species, of which the majority has been described in recent years.
Many species remain to be described, with their total number probably being around 40 species.
Species
* ''
Gargela albidusa''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela apicalis''
(Pagenstecher, 1900)
* ''
Gargela arcualis''
Hampson, 1906
* ''
Gargela bilineata''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela chrysias''
(Meyrick, 1897)
* ''
Gargela cuprealis''
Hampson, 1906
* ''
Gargela distigma''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela furca''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela fuscusa''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela grandispinata''
Li in Yang, Jie & Li, 2019
* ''
Gargela hainana''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela hastatela''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela minuta''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela niphostola''
Hampson, 1917
* ''
Gargela obliquivitta''
Hampson, 1917
* ''
Gargela polyacantha''
Li in Yang, Jie & Li, 2019
* ''
Gargela quadrispinula''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
* ''
Gargela renatusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
* ''
Gargela subpurella''
(Walker, 1864)
* ''
Gargela trilinealis''
(Hampson, 1897)
* ''
Gargela xanthocasis''
(Meyrick, 1897)
* ''
Gargela xizangensis''
Song, Chen & Wu, 2009
References
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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