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Glaphyriinae is a
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 botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
of the
lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...
n 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 ...
. It was described by
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885, Westborough, Westborough, Massachusetts – April 12, 1968, Worcester, Massachusetts) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Works Partial list: Coleoptera ...
in 1923. The subfamily currently comprises 509 species in 75 genera. The larvae of Glaphyriinae predominantly feed on plants of the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...
Brassicales The Brassicales (or Cruciales) are an order (biology), order of flowering plants, belonging to the malvid group of eudicotyledons under the APG IV system. Well-known members of Brassicales include cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprout, broccoli, ...
and are able to digest the
glucosinolate Glucosinolates are natural components of many pungent plants such as mustard, cabbage, and horseradish. The pungency of those plants is due to mustard oils produced from glucosinolates when the plant material is chewed, cut, or otherwise damaged. ...
s contained in these plants.


Genera

*'' Abegesta'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Achantodes'' Guenée, 1852 *'' Aenigmodes'' Amsel, 1957 (= ''Aenigma'' Amsel, 1956) *'' Aethiophysa'' Munroe, 1964 *''
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'' Moore, 1881 (= ''Agastia'' Moore, 1881) *'' Aureopteryx'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Catharia'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Cereophagus'' Dyar, 1922 *'' Chalcoela'' Zeller, 1872 *''
Chilomima ''Chilomima'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Chilomima clarkei'', which is found in Colombia, Paraguay and Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on ...
'' Munroe, 1964 *''
Chilozela ''Chilozela'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Chilozela trapeziana'', which is found from Costa Rica south to Peru. The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Manihot esculenta ''Manihot esculenta'', co ...
'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Contortipalpia'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Cosmopterosis'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Dichochroma'' Forbes, 1944 *''
Dicymolomia ''Dicymolomia'' is a genus of moths 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 gra ...
'' Zeller, 1872 (= ''Bifalculina'' Amsel, 1956) *''
Eupoca ''Eupoca'' is a genus of moths 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 st ...
'' Warren, 1891 *''
Eustixia ''Eustixia'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its only species, ''Eustixia pupula'', the spotted peppergrass moth, described by the same author in the same publication, is found in North Americ ...
'' Hübner, 1823 (= ''Thelcteria'' Lederer, 1863, ''Thlecteria'' Dyar, 1925) *''
Evergestis ''Evergestis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. A number of species are pests, including the cross-striped cabbageworm (''E. rimosalis''), a pest of cole crops such as cabbage.Sparks, A. and D. G. ...
'' Hübner, 1825 *''
Gonodiscus ''Gonodiscus'' is a genus of the moth's family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Gonodiscus amplalis'', which is found in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost ...
'' Warren, 1891 *''
Homophysodes ''Homophysodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Homophysodes morbidalis'', which is found from Guatemala south to Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America ...
'' Dyar, 1914 *''
Lativalva ''Lativalva'' is a genus of moths 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 ...
'' Amsel, 1956 *''
Lipocosma ''Lipocosma'' is a genus of moths 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 gras ...
'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Clarkeiodes'' Amsel, 1957, ''Clarkeia'' Amsel, 1956, ''Lipocosmopsis'' Munroe, 1964) *''
Lipocosmodes ''Lipocosmodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis'', which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to Florida and from Illinois to Texas. The wingspa ...
'' Munroe, 1964 *''
Lissophanes ''Lissophanes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Lissophanes ceramica'', which is found in Peru. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...
'' Warren, 1891 *'' Macreupoca'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Nephrogramma'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Parambia'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Paregesta'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Plumegesta'' Munroe, 1972 *'' Psephis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Pseudoligostigma'' Strand, 1920 (= ''Heptalitha'' Munroe, 1964) *'' Schacontia'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Scybalista'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Scybalistodes'' Munroe, 1964 *''
Stegea ''Stegea'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *'' Stegea clarkei'' *'' Stegea eripalis'' Grote, 1878 *'' Stegea fiachnalis'' *'' Stegea hermalis'' (Schaus, 1920) *'' Stegea jamaicensis'' *'' Stegea mexicana'' *'' Stegea min ...
'' Munroe, 1964 (= ''Egesta'' Ragonot, 1891) *''
Upiga ''Upiga'' is a monotypic moth genus described by Hahn William Capps in 1964. The genus is placed in the family Crambidae, but has also been placed in Pyralidae. It contains only one species, ''Upiga virescens'', the senita moth, described by Ge ...
'' Capps, 1964 *'' Vinculopsis'' Amsel, 1957 (= ''Vincularia'' Amsel, 1956) *'' Xanthophysa'' Munroe, 1964 Tribe Dichogamini Amsel, 1956 *'' Alatuncusia'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Alatuncusiodes'' Munroe, 1974 *''
Dichogama ''Dichogama'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Dichogama amabilis'' *''Dichogama colotha'' *''Dichogama decoralis'' (Walker,
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*''Dichogama diffusalis'' Hampson, 1918 *''Dichogama fernaldi'' *''Dichogama gudmanni'' ...
'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Carbaca'' Walker, 1866) Tribe Glaphyriini Forbes, 1923 *''
Glaphyria ''Glaphyria'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Glaphyria acutalis'' *''Glaphyria albifascialis'' (Hampson, 1912) *''Glaphyria amazonica'' *''Glaphyria argentipunctalis'' (Amsel, 1956) *''Glaphyria badierana'' (Fabricius, ...
'' Hübner, 1823 (= ''Berdura'' Möschler, 1886, ''Glaphria'' Fernald, 1903, ''Homophysa'' Guenée, 1854) *''
Hellula ''Hellula'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854 Species Data from: * ''Hellula aqualis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1914 * ''Hellula caecigena'' (Meyrick, 1933) * ''Hellula galapagensis'' Landry & Ro ...
'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Ashwania'' Pajni & Rose, 1977, ''Oeobia'' Hübner, 1825, ''Oebia'' Hübner, 1825, ''Phyratocosma'' Meyrick, 1936)


References

* , 2012: "A molecular phylogeny for the pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher-level classification". ''Systematic Entomology''. 37 (4): 635–656. Abstract: . * 2009
"Transfer of All Western Hemisphere Cybalomiinae to Other Subfamilies (Crambidae: Pyraloidea: Lepidoptera): ''Elusia'' Schaus, ''Dichochroma'' Forbes, ''Schacontia'' Dyar, ''Cybalomia extorris'' Warren, and ''C. lojanalis'' (Dognin)"
''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington''. 111 (2): 493–504. * & , 1998b
"Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)"
''Journal of the New York Entomological Society''. 106 (1): 1-55. * , 2009: "Phylogenetic Analysis of ''Cosmopterosis'' (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) with Discussions on Male Secondary Sexual Characters and Larval Feeding on ''Capparis'' (Capparaceae) in the Pyraloidea and Lepidoptera (Insecta)". ''Annals of the Entomological Society of America'' 102 (5): 766–784. Abstract: . {{Taxonbar, from=Q1529272 Crambidae