Margaroniini is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

of the species-rich

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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 ...

in the pyraloid moth

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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 tribe was erected by

Charles Swinhoe Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838 in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepido ...

and

Everard Charles Cotes Everard Charles Cotes (1862 – 4 October 1944) was an English-born entomologist who worked at the Indian Museum in Calcutta. He later became a journalist after marrying the famous Canadian journalist, novelist and playwright Sara Jeannette Duncan. ...

in 1889, originally as

Margaronidae. The tribe comprises a number of economically impactful species whose

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder ...

s feed on agricultural crops. These species include the legume pod borer (''Maruca vitrata''), the jasmine moth (''

Palpita vitrealis ''Palpita vitrealis'', common name jasmine moth or white pearl, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. Distribution This species occurs worldwide, including Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa),Asia, Austr ...

'') on olives, the cucumber moth (''

Diaphania indica ''Diaphania indica'', the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family (biology), family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many t ...

''), species of the genus '' Conogethes'' such as the yellow peach moth ('' C. punctiferalis''), and the coconut leafroller (''

Omiodes blackburni ''Omiodes blackburni'', the coconut leafroller, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 ...

''). Furthermore, the

box tree moth ''Cydalima perspectalis'' or the box tree moth is a species of moth of the family Crambidae, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker, the English entomologist, in 1859. Native to Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, far-east Russ ...

(''Cydalima perspectalis'') is included in this tribe.

Genera

The tribe is by far the most species-rich among Spilomelinae. It currently comprises 1116 species in the following 74 genera: *'' Agathodes'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Stenurges'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Agrioglypta'' Meyrick, 1932 *'' Alytana'' J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007 *''

Analyta ''Analyta'' is a genus of moths 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 s ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hyperanalyta'' Strand, 1918, misspelling ''Alyta'' Mabille, 1879) *'' Anarmodia'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Asparagmia'' Amsel, 1956, ''Atheropoda'' Lederer, 1863, misspelling ''Aetheropoda'' Amsel, 1956) *'' Antigastra'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Aphytoceros'' Meyrick, 1884 *'' Arthroschista'' Hampson, 1893 *'' Asturodes'' Amsel, 1956 *''

Azochis ''Azochis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. Species *''Azochis camptozonalis'' Hampson, 1913 *''Azochis cirrhigeralis'' Dognin, 1908 *''Azochis curviline ...

'' Walker, 1859 (= ''Catacteniza'' Möschler, 1890, misspelling ''Arochis'' Walker, 1859) *'' Botyodes'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Cadarena'' Moore, 1886 (= ''Idalia'' Hübner, 1825) *'' Caldubotys'' Singh, Kirti & Singh in Singh, Kirti, Singh & Ranjan, 2019 *'' Caprinia'' Walker, 1859 (= misspelling ''Caprina'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Chabulina'' J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007 *'' Charitoprepes'' Warren, 1896 *'' Chrysophyllis'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Chrysothyridia'' Munroe, 1967 *'' Cirrhochrista'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Ancalidia'' de Joannis, 1932, ''Eucallaenia'' Snellen, 1892, ''Margaronia'' Marumo, 1917, ''Pachybotys'' Warren, 1895, misspelling ''Cirrochrista'' Warren, 1892) *'' Colomychus'' Munroe, 1956 *'' Compacta'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Condylorrhiza'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Conogethes'' Meyrick, 1884 (= ''Dadessa'' Moore, 1886, misspelling ''Conygethes'' Snellen, 1890) *'' Cydalima'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Neoglyphodes'' Streltzov, 2008, ''Sisyrophora'' Lederer, 1863, ''Uliocome'' C. Swinhoe, 1900) *''

Diaphania ''Diaphania'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Diaphania adelalis'' (Dognin, 1905) *''Diaphania albianalis'' (Hampson, 1918) *''Diaphania albicincta'' (Hampson, 1899) *''Diaphania albifascialis'' (Hampson, 1912) *''Diapha ...

'' Hübner, 1818 (= ''Diaphania'' Stephens, 1829, ''Eudioptis'' Hübner, 1823, ''Phakellura'' Guilding, 1830, misspelling ''Phacellura'' J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847, ''Sestia'' Snellen, 1875) *'' Didymostoma'' Warren, 1892 *'' Dysallacta'' Lederer, 1863 (= misspelling ''Disallacta'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Endocrossis'' Meyrick, 1889 *'' Eusabena'' Snellen, 1901 *'' Filodes'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Auxomitia'' Lederer, 1863) *''

Ghesquierellana ''Ghesquierellana'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Berger, 1955 (= ''Phalanta'' Ghesquière, 1942, misspelling ''Ghesquieriellana'' Munroe, 1959) *'' Glauconoe'' Warren, 1892 *'' Glyphodella'' J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007 *''

Glyphodes ''Glyphodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Species *''Glyphodes actorionalis'' Walker, 1859 *''Glyphodes agathalis'' (Walker, 1859) *''Glyphodes amphipeda'' (Meyrick, 1939) *''Glyphodes anifer ...

'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Caloptychia'' Hübner, 1825, misspelling ''Calliptychia'' J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847, ''Dysallacta'' Lederer, 1863, misspelling ''Disallacta'' Lederer, 1863, ''Morocosma'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Hedyleptopsis'' Munroe, 1960 *'' Heterocnephes'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Hodebertia'' Leraut, 2003 *'' Hoterodes'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Leucochroma'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Liopasia'' Möschler, 1882 (= ''Dichotis'' Warren, 1892, ''Terastiodes'' Warren, 1892) *'' Loxmaionia'' Schaus, 1913 *''

Maruca ''Maruca'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae, commonly known as bean pod borers. Species *'' Maruca amboinalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Maruca fuscalis'' Yamanaka, 1998 *''Maruca nigroapicalis'' de Joannis, 193 ...

'' Walker, 1859 (= ''Siriocauta'' Lederer, 1863, misspelling ''Maruea'' Walker, 1859) *''

Marwitzia ''Marwitzia'' is a genus of moths 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 gras ...

'' Gaede, 1917 *'' Megaphysa'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Megastes ''Megastes'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Meroctena'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Nevrina'' Guenée, 1854 (= misspelling ''Neurina'' Moore, 1885) *'' Nolckenia'' Snellen, 1875 *'' Obtusipalpis'' Hampson, 1896 *''

Omiodes ''Omiodes'' is a moth genus in the family Crambidae (which is sometimes included in the Pyralidae). Several species are endemic to Hawaii. Species *'' Omiodes accepta'' (Butler, 1877) *'' Omiodes albicilialis'' (Schaus, 1912) *'' Omiodes albicin ...

'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Charema'' Moore, 1888, ''Coenostola'' Lederer, 1863, misspelling ''Coenolesta'' Whalley, 1962, ''Deba'' Walker, 1866, ''Hedylepta'' Lederer, 1863, misspelling ''Hedilepta'' Lederer, 1863, misspelling ''Heydelepta'' Dyar, 1917, ''Lonchodes'' Guenée, 1854, ''Loxocreon'' Warren, 1892, ''Merotoma'' Meyrick, 1894, ''Pelecyntis'' Meyrick, 1884, ''Phycidicera'' Snellen, 1880, ''Spargeta'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Omphisa'' Moore, 1886 *'' Pachynoa'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hypermeces'' Turner, 1933, ''Pitacanda'' Moore, 1886) *''

Palpita ''Palpita'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus ''Stemorrhages'' may be very similar in appearance. Species *''Palpita aenescentalis'' Munroe, 1952 *''Palpita aethrophanes'' (Meyrick, 1934) *''Palpita albif ...

'' Hübner, 1808 (= ''Apyrausta'' Amsel, 1951, ''Conchia'' Hübner, 1821, ''Hapalia'' Hübner, 1818, ''Hvidodes'' C. Swinhoe, 1900, ''Margarodes'' Guenée, 1854, ''Ledereria'' Marschall, 1875, ''Margaronia'' Hübner, 1825, ''Paradosis'' Zeller, 1852, ''Sarothronota'' Lederer, 1863, ''Sebunta'' Walker, 1863, ''Sylora'' C. Swinhoe, 1900, ''Tobata'' Walker, 1859) *'' Parotis'' Hübner, 1831 (= ''Cenocnemis'' Warren, 1896, ''Chloauges'' Lederer, 1863, ''Enchocnemidia'' Lederer, 1863, ''Pachyarches'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Poliobotys'' J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007 *'' Polygrammodes'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Astura'' Guenée, 1854, ''Dichocrocopsis'' Dyar, 1910, misspelling ''Dichocropsis'' Munroe, 1983, ''Hilaopsis'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Polygrammopsis'' Munroe, 1960 *'' Polythlipta'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Prenesta'' Snellen, 1875 (= misspelling ''Praenesta'' Hampson, 1899) *'' Pygospila'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Lomotropa'' Lederer, 1863, ''Telespasta'' C. Swinhoe, 1906, misspelling ''Pygosspila'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Radessa'' Munroe, 1977 *'' Rhagoba'' Moore, 1888 *'' Rhimphalea'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Sinomphisa'' Munroe, 1958 *'' Sparagmia'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Stemorrhages'' Lederer, 1863 (= misspelling ''Stemmorhages'') *'' Synclera'' Lederer, 1863 (= misspellings ''Sinclera'' Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889, ''Synctera'' Möschler, 1886) *'' Syngamilyta'' Strand, 1920 *''

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'' Moore, 1885 *'' Terastia'' Guenée, 1854 (= misspelling ''Tersatia'' Lederer, 1863) *'' Tessema'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1986 *'' Tyspanodes'' Warren, 1891 (= misspelling ''Thyspanodes'' Caradja, 1925 *'' Uncobotyodes'' Kirti & Rose, 1990 *'' Zebronia'' Hübner, 1821

References

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