Musotiminae is a
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 ...
of the
lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...
n 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 ...
.
It was described by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
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in 1884
Genera
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Aeolopetra''
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Albusambia''
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Ambia'' (= ''Metathyrida'' , ''Metathyridia'' )
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Austromusotima''
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Baeoptila''
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Barisoa''
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Cilaus''
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Drosophantis''
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Elachypteryx''
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Eugauria''
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Lygomusotima
''Lygomusotima'' 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 gr ...
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Malleria''
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Midilambia''
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Musotima
''Musotima'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Musotima acclaralis'' (Walker, 1859)
*''Musotima acrias'' Meyrick, 1884
*''Musotima aduncalis'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
*''Musotima decoralis'' Snellen, 1901
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Neomusotima
''Neomusotima'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Neomusotima conspurcatalis
''Neomusotima conspurcatalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Warren in 1896. It is found in India, Indonesia, ...
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Neurophyseta
''Neurophyseta'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Neurophyseta aetalis'' Walker, 1859
*''Neurophyseta albicomma'' (Swinhoe, 1894)
*''Neurophyseta albimarginalis'' Schaus, 1920
*''Neurophyseta albinalis'' Hampson, 1912
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'' (= ''Cymoriza'' , ''Cymorrhiza'' , ''Neurophysetis'' , ''Omphaloptera'' )
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Odilla''
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Panotima
''Panotima'' 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 ...
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Parthenodes
''Parthenodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
*''Parthenodes ankasokalis'' (Viette, 1958)
*''Parthenodes eugethes'' (Tams, 1935)
*''Parthenodes hydrocampalis'' (Guenée, 1854)
*''Parthenodes nigriplaga'' (Swinhoe, 1894)
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Siamusotima
''Siamusotima'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Maria Alma Solis
Maria Alma Solis (born February 9, 1956) is an entomologist at the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) of the Agricultural Research Ser ...
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Thysanoidma
''Thysanoidma'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and E ...
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Undulambia'' (= ''Ambia albitesselalis'' )
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Uthinia''
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Yoshiyasua
''Yoshiyasua'' is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Musotiminae. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error. The genus contains o ...
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References
* , 1998: The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region- a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. ''Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo'' 17 Suppl.: 475–528.
* , 1999: Catalogue of the Oriental ''Acentropinae'' (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 142 (1): 125–142. Full article
{{Taxonbar, from=Q18087971
Musotiminae,
Crambidae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Moth subfamilies