''Mabra'' 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. It is placed in the tribe (biology), tribe Portentomorphini of the subfamily Pyraustinae.
The nine species of the genus are mainly distributed in tropical Asia, but ''Mabra metallescens, M. metallescens'' and ''Mabra russoi, M. russoi'' are found in tropical Central America, Central and South America.
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The caterpillar, larval host plant is known for only one species, ''Mabra eryxalis, M. eryxalis'', which feeds on ''Phyllanthus urinaria'' in the Phyllanthaceae family.]
Species
*''Mabra elephantophila'' Bänziger, 1985
*''Mabra eryxalis'' (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'' Swinhoe, 1895
*''Mabra russoi'' Schaus, 1940
Former species
*''Mabra charonialis'' (Walker, 1859), now placed in ''Dolicharthria''
*''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
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