''Massepha'' 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 ...

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 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 ...

Species

*'' Massepha absolutalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Massepha ambialis'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Massepha asiusalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Massepha bengalensis'' Moore *'' Massepha entephriadia'' Hampson, 1898 *'' Massepha flavimaculata'' Gaede, 1917 *'' Massepha gracilis'' Hampson, 1899 *'' Massepha grammalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Massepha grisealis'' Hampson, 1917 *'' Massepha longipennis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Massepha lupa'' (Druce, 1899) *'' Massepha ohbai'' Yoshiyasu, 1990 *'' Massepha rectangulalis'' Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 *''

Massepha rufescens ''Massepha rufescens'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Tamil Nadu, India. References

Moths described in 1912 Pyraustinae {{Pyraustinae-stub ...

'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Massepha syngamiodes'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Massepha tessmanni'' Gaede, 1917(in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Bd. 8 (1915-17), p.391

Former species

*'' Massepha carbonalis'' Warren *'' Massepha fulvalis'' Hampson, 1898

References

George Mathew, 2006. AN INVENTORY OF INDIAN PYRALIDS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE). Zoos' Print Journal 21(5): 2245-2258afromoths.netNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Pyraustinae-stub