''Loxocorys'' is a

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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 genus was erected by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1894, and has long been considered a synonym of ''

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'' before it was reinstated as genus. A phylogenetic analysis showed that ''Loxocorys'' is placed in the

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 ...

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Wurthiini Wurthiini is a Tribe (biology), tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the Pyraloidea, pyraloid moth Family (biology), family Crambidae. Description Adult Wurthiini are small to medium-sized moths with wing spans of normally 20 to ...

, and in genitalia morphology it shares similarities with ''

Niphopyralis ''Niphopyralis'' is a genus of snout moths of the subfamily Spilomelinae in the family Crambidae. Description Caterpillars The reports on larvae are somewhat divergent, depending on the species and the condition of the larvae (fresh versus a ...

''.

Species

*''Loxocorys sericea'' (

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, 1879) *''Loxocorys curvilineata'' Sohn, 2023

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10787079 Crambidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick