''Mabra'' 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 ...

. It is placed in the

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Portentomorphini Portentomorphini is a tribe of the subfamily Pyraustinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was initially erected by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. Description Adult Portentomorphini are relatively small moths with a forewing l ...

of the subfamily

Pyraustinae Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species; most of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe. The P ...

. The nine species of the genus are mainly distributed in tropical

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

, but '' M. metallescens'' and '' M. russoi'' are found in tropical

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and

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. The

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host plant is known for only one species, '' M. eryxalis'', which feeds on '' Phyllanthus urinaria'' in the

Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the ...

family.

Species

*'' Mabra elephantophila'' Bänziger, 1985 *''

Mabra eryxalis ''Mabra eryxalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on the Chagos Archipelago and Sumatra, as well as in China, Taiwan, Mayotte, Réunion, Sri Lanka and Australia, where it has been rec ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Mabra fauculalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Mabra fuscipennalis'' Hampson, 1897 *'' Mabra haematophaga'' Bänziger, 1985 *'' Mabra lacriphaga'' Bänziger, 1985 *'' Mabra metallescens'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *''

Mabra nigriscripta ''Mabra nigriscripta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country ...

'' Swinhoe, 1895 *'' Mabra russoi'' Schaus, 1940

Former species

*'' Mabra charonialis'' (Walker, 1859), now placed in ''

Dolicharthria ''Dolicharthria'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family (biology), family Crambidae. ''Stenia'' is usually junior synonym, synonymized with it, but may be distinct.See references in Savela (2009) Species *''Dolicharthria aetnaealis'' ...

'' *'' Mabra garzettalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), now placed in '' Blepharomastix''

References

Crambidae genus list
at ''Butterflies and Moths of the World'' of the Natural History Museum Pyraustinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Pyraustinae-stub