''Hydropionea'' 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 ...

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 ...

. The 13 described species are distributed in Central and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

. The genus was formerly treated in

Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids. Description Imagines ...

, but it is now placed in

Glaphyriinae Glaphyriinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1923. The subfamily currently comprises 509 species in 75 genera. The larvae of Glaphyriinae predominantly feed on pla ...

. The larvae are found to feed on '' Capparis uniflora'' (

Capparaceae The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about 1 ...

), which fits with the general feeding habit of the

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 feeding on

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, ...

Species

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Hydropionea barnesalis ''Hydropionea barnesalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1923. It is found in Guatemala. References

Moths described in 1923 Spilomelinae {{Spilomelinae-stub ...

'' (Dyar, 1923) *'' Hydropionea brevicans'' (Dyar, 1923) *'' Hydropionea dentata'' (Druce, 1895) *''

Hydropionea fenestralis ''Hydropionea fenestralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona and Mississippi. It is also found in ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914) *'' Hydropionea lavinia'' (Schaus, 1912) *'' Hydropionea melliculalis'' Lederer, 1863 *''

Hydropionea oblectalis ''Hydropionea oblectalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United ...

'' (Hulst, 1886) *'' Hydropionea protopennis'' (Dyar, 1923) *'' Hydropionea pseudopis'' (Dyar, 1914) *'' Hydropionea rufalis'' (Hampson, 1917) *'' Hydropionea rusina'' (Druce, 1895) *'' Hydropionea schausalis'' (Dyar, 1923) *'' Hydropionea sufflexalis'' (Dyar, 1914)

References

Glaphyriinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by George Hampson {{Glaphyriinae-stub