Nomophilini is a
tribe
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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
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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 Vladimir Ivanovitsch Kuznetzov and Alexandr A. Stekolnikov in 1979.
The tribe currently comprises the following 24 genera, altogether containing 358 species:
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Arnia
Arnia is a town and a notified area committee in Jammu district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Old town of Jammu
Geography
Arnia is located at . It has an average elevation of 269 metres (882 feet).
Demographi ...
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Guenée, 1849
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Ategumia''
Amsel, 1956
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Bocchoris''
Moore, 1885
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Crocidocnemis''
Warren, 1889 (= ''Somatania''
Möschler, 1890, ''Somatamia''
Kimball, 1965)
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Desmia
''Desmia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1832.
The majority of species are found in South America, South and Central America, though there are species in Africa, Asia, and North America ...
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Westwood, 1832 (= ''Aediodes''
Guenée, 1854, ''Arna''
Walker, 1856, ''Hyalitis''
Guenée, 1854)
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Diacme''
Warren, 1892
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Diasemia''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Goniogramma''
Mann, 1854, ''Prodelia''
Doubleday, 1849)
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Diasemiodes''
Munroe, 1957
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Diasemiopsis''
Munroe, 1957 (= ''Diasemopsis''
Leraut, 1997)
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Diathrausta''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Tripodaula''
Meyrick, 1933, ''Triplodaula''
Munroe, 1956)
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Epipagis''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Epipages''
Hampson, 1918, ''Stenophyes''
Lederer, 1863)
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Mecyna''
Doubleday, 1849
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Mimophobetron''
Munroe, 1950
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Mimorista''
Warren, 1890
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Niphograpta''
Warren, 1892
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Nomophila''
Hübner, 1825 (= ''Macronomeutis''
Meyrick, 1936, ''Stenopteryx''
Duponchel, 1845)
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Nothomastix''
Warren, 1890
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Parapilocrocis''
Munroe, 1967
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Parathrausta''
Seizmair, 2024
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Pardomima''
Warren, 1890 (= ''Pachyparda''
E. L. Martin, 1955)
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Perisyntrocha''
Meyrick, 1894
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Pessocosma''
Meyrick, 1884
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Samea''
Guenée, 1854 (= ''Pterygisus''
Butler, 1886, ''Isopteryx''
Guenée, 1854)
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Sameodes''
Snellen, 1880
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Syngamia''
Guenée, 1854 (= ''Ochlia''
Hübner, 1823)
References
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Spilomelinae
Moth tribes