''Prionapteryx'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

Species

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Prionapteryx achatina ''Prionapteryx achatina'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New ...

'' Zeller, 1863 *''

Prionapteryx acreonalis ''Prionapteryx acreonalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Prionapteryx africalis ''Prionapteryx africalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is ...

'' Hampson, 1896 *''

Prionapteryx albescens ''Prionapteryx albescens'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx albiceps ''Prionapteryx albiceps'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situate ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx albicostalis ''Prionapteryx albicostalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in what was Madras State in India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx albimaculalis ''Prionapteryx albimaculalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country loc ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx albipennis ''Prionapteryx albipennis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-la ...

'' Butler, 1886 *''

Prionapteryx albofascialis ''Prionapteryx albofascialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx amathusia ''Prionapteryx amathusia'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi and Wolfram Mey in 2011. It is found in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its wester ...

'' Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011 *''

Prionapteryx annusalis ''Prionapteryx annusalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங� ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Prionapteryx arenalis ''Prionapteryx arenalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in the Punjab region of what was British India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the d ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx argentescens ''Prionapteryx argentescens'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx banaadirensis ''Prionapteryx banaadirensis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 2013. It is found in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl offi ...

'' Bassi, 2013 *'' Prionapteryx bergii'' (Zeller, 1877) *''

Prionapteryx brevivittalis ''Prionapteryx brevivittalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Prionapteryx cuneolalis ''Prionapteryx cuneolalis'' 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 Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Teja ...

'' (Hulst, 1886) *''

Prionapteryx delicatellus ''Prionapteryx delicatellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1927. It is found in Sichuan, China. References

Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1927 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' Caradja, 1927 *''

Prionapteryx diaperatalis ''Prionapteryx diaperatalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of N ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx diaplecta ''Prionapteryx diaplecta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Burundi and Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption ...

'' (Meyrick, 1936) *''

Prionapteryx eberti ''Prionapteryx eberti'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi and Wolfram Mey in 2013. It is found in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western b ...

'' Bassi & Mey in Bassi, 2013 *''

Prionapteryx elongata ''Prionapteryx elongata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1877. It is found in Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcont ...

'' (Zeller, 1877) *''

Prionapteryx endoleuca ''Prionapteryx endoleuca'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in the Palestinian territories, Israel and Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a tr ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx eugraphis ''Prionapteryx eugraphis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Prionapteryx flavipars ''Prionapteryx flavipars'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, be ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx hedyscopa ''Prionapteryx hedyscopa'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1905. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird o ...

'' (Lower, 1905) *''

Prionapteryx helena ''Prionapteryx helena'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 2013. It is found in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atl ...

'' Bassi, 2013 *''

Prionapteryx indentella ''Prionapteryx indentella'', the buffalograss webworm, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US from Kansas to Texas on the Great Plains. Adults are smoky ocherous brown. Females ...

'' (Kearfott, 1908) *''

Prionapteryx lancerotella ''Prionapteryx lancerotella'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For exa ...

'' (Rebel, 1892) *''

Prionapteryx mesozonalis ''Prionapteryx mesozonalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Argentina. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1919 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *'' Prionapteryx moghrebana'' (D. Lucas, 1954) *'' Prionapteryx molybdella'' (Hampson, 1919) *'' Prionapteryx nebulifera'' Stephens, 1834 *''

Prionapteryx neotropicalis ''Prionapteryx neotropicalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argent ...

'' (Hampson, 1896) *'' Prionapteryx nephalia'' (Meyrick, 1936) *''

Prionapteryx ochrifasciata ''Prionapteryx ochrifasciata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Kenya. References Endemic moths of Kenya Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1919 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx phaeomesa ''Prionapteryx phaeomesa'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Tanzania. References Endemic fauna of Tanzania Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1919 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx plumbealis ''Prionapteryx plumbealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Namibia and Zimbabwe. References

Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1919 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx rubricalis ''Prionapteryx rubricalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Nigeria. References Endemic fauna of Nigeria Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1919 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Prionapteryx rubrifusalis ''Prionapteryx rubrifusalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx santella ''Prionapteryx santella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the o ...

'' (Kearfott, 1908) *'' Prionapteryx scitulellus'' (Walker, 1866) *''

Prionapteryx selenalis ''Prionapteryx selenalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopi ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx serpentella ''Prionapteryx serpentella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by ...

'' Kearfott, 1908 *''

Prionapteryx somala ''Prionapteryx somala'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 2013. It is found in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially ...

'' Bassi, 2013 *''

Prionapteryx spasmatica ''Prionapteryx spasmatica'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1936 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1936 *'' Prionapteryx splendida'' Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011 *''

Prionapteryx termia ''Prionapteryx termia'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Aus ...

'' (Meyrick, 1885) *''

Prionapteryx texturella ''Prionapteryx texturella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Madagascar and Tanzania (Zanzibar). References

Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1877 {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Zeller, 1877) *''

Prionapteryx triplecta ''Prionapteryx triplecta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1935 {{Prionapterygini-stu ...

'' (Meyrick, 1935) *''

Prionapteryx yavapai ''Prionapteryx yavapai'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the ...

'' (Kearfott, 1908)

Former species

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Prionapteryx albipunctella ''Surattha albipunctella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hubert Marion in 1957. It is found in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ...

'' (Marion, 1957) *''

Prionapteryx albostigmata ''Surattha albostigmata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1921. It is found in Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesPrionapteryx alikangiella ''Surattha albistigma'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific O ...

'' (Strand, 1918) *''

Prionapteryx alternalis ''Surattha africalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a ...

'' Maes, 2002 *''

Prionapteryx amselella ''Surattha amselella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1965. It is found in Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغا ...

'' (Bleszynski, 1965) *''

Prionapteryx carmensita ''Surattha carmensita'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1970. It is found in Kenya. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1970 Endemic fauna of Kenya {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' Bleszynski, 1970 *''

Prionapteryx diffusilinea ''Surattha diffusilinea'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx invectalis ''Surattha invectalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedi ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Prionapteryx margherita ''Surattha margherita'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1965. It is found in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), ...

'' (Bleszynski, 1965) *''

Prionapteryx nigrifascialis ''Surattha nigrifascialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in India. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1866 Moths of Asia {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Walker, 1866) *''

Prionapteryx obeliscota ''Surattha obeliscota'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on Cyprus, as well as in Lebanon. References Moths described in 1892 Ancylolomiini {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Meyrick, 1936) *''

Prionapteryx rufistrigalis ''Surattha rufistrigalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Ethiopia and Kenya. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1918 Moths of Africa Taxa named by J. Malcolm Fawcett {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Fawcett, 1918) *''

Prionapteryx soudanensis ''Surattha soudanensis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, J ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Prionapteryx strioliger ''Surattha strioliger'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1913 Moths of Asia {{Prionapterygini-stub ...

'' (Rothschild, 1913) *''

Prionapteryx thysbesalis ''Surattha invectalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map ...

'' Walker, 1863

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Ancylolomiini Crambidae genera Taxa named by James Francis Stephens {{Prionapterygini-stub