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''La'' 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 ...
described by
Stanisław Błeszyński Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths. Błeszyński worked at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Acade ...
in 1966. There are four species in the genus, three of which have been given
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ning names.


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Crambini Crambidae genera Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński {{Crambini-stub