''Lygropia'' is a

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of snout moths in the

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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 ...

of the

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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 currently comprises 66 species, which are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the

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and

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

, but not in

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. The genus is placed in the

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Agroterini Agroterini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque in 1897. Genera Agroterini currently encompasses 32 genera, altogether comprising ...

Species

*'' Lygropia acastalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Lygropia acosmialis'' (Mabille, 1879) *'' Lygropia amplificata'' (Warren, 1896) *'' Lygropia anaemicalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia anthracopis'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Lygropia antithetis'' Meyrick, 1937 *'' Lygropia arenacea'' Hampson, 1899 *''

Lygropia atrinervalis ''Lygropia atrinervalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Zambia. References

Moths described in 1910 Lygropia {{Lygropia-stub ...

'' Hampson, 1910 *'' Lygropia aureomarginalis'' (Gaede, 1916) *'' Lygropia bicincta'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia bilinealis'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Lygropia cernalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Lygropia chrysozonalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia cosmia'' Dyar, 1912 *'' Lygropia cosmophilopis'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Lygropia disarche'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Lygropia distorta'' (Moore, 1885) *'' Lygropia erythrobathrum'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Lygropia euryclealis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Lygropia falsalis'' Dyar, 1918 *'' Lygropia flavicaput'' (Warren, 1896) *'' Lygropia flavinotalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia flavivialis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia flavofuscalis'' (Snellen, 1887) *'' Lygropia fusalis'' Hampson, 1904 *'' Lygropia glaphyra'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Lygropia haroldi'' Dyar, 1914 *'' Lygropia holoxanthalis'' Holland, 1900 *'' Lygropia hyalostictalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia hypoleucalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia imparalis'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Lygropia joasharia'' Schaus, 1940 *'' Lygropia joelalis'' Schaus, 1940 *'' Lygropia leucocepsalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia leucophanalis'' Mabille, 1900 *'' Lygropia leucostolalis'' Hampson, 1918 *'' Lygropia melanoperalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia memmialis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Lygropia murinalis'' Schaus, 1912 *'' Lygropia nigricornis'' Hampson, 1898 *'' Lygropia ochracealis'' (Saalmüller, 1880) *'' Lygropia ochrotalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia orthotoma'' Meyrick, 1933 *'' Lygropia phaeocraspia'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia phaeoneuralis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia phaeoxantha'' Meyrick, 1933 *'' Lygropia plumbicostalis'' (Grote, 1871) *'' Lygropia pogonodes'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia poltisalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Lygropia polytesalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Lygropia rheumatica'' Meyrick, 1936 *'' Lygropia rivulalis'' Hampson, 1899 *'' Lygropia rotundalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Lygropia schematospila'' Meyrick, 1937 *'' Lygropia shevaroyalis'' Hampson 1908 *'' Lygropia silacealis'' (Amsel, 1956) *'' Lygropia straminea'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia sumatralis'' Swinhoe, 1916 *'' Lygropia szentivanyi'' (Munroe, 1968) *'' Lygropia tetraspilalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Lygropia tripunctata'' (Fabricius, 1794) *'' Lygropia unicoloralis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Lygropia viettalis'' (Marion, 1956) *'' Lygropia vinanyalis'' Viette, 1958 *'' Lygropia xanthozonalis'' (Hampson, 1895) *''

Lygropia yerburii ''Lygropia yerburii'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found in Pakistan, Korea and Japan. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from on ...

'' (Butler, 1886)

Former species

*'' Lygropia egerialis'' (Snellen, 1899), transferred to '' Placosaris'' in

Pyraustinae Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes about 1,280 species Most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe. The Pyra ...

*'' Lygropia octonalis'' (Zeller, 1873), transferred to ''

Conchylodes ''Conchylodes'' is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. The genus comprises 21 species and is placed in the tribe Udeini. Recently, the monotypic genus ''Nonazochis'', described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956, was synonymized with ''Co ...

References

Spilomelinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Julius Lederer (entomologist) {{Lygropia-stub