''Phryganodes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s of the family
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
described by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
in 1854.
Species
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Phryganodes albipedalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes antongilensis''
(Mabille, 1900)
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Phryganodes attenuata''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes biguttata
''Phryganodes biguttata'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae that is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Sierra Leone. The species was first described by George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet ...
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Hampson, 1898
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Phryganodes centralbalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes chrysalis''
Hampson, 1908
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Phryganodes cupriflavalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Phryganodes eradicalis''
Hampson, 1908
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Phryganodes erebusalis''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Phryganodes flocculentalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes hamiferalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes lanialis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes lasiocnemis''
Hampson, 1912
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Phryganodes leucogaster''
Hampson, 1912
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Phryganodes lophophoralis''
Hampson, 1896
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Phryganodes nesusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Phryganodes pachycraspedalis''
Hampson, 1896
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Phryganodes plicatalis''
Guenée, 1854
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Phryganodes selenalis''
Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
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Phryganodes setifera''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes stygialis''
Hampson, 1912
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Phryganodes tagiadalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes tetraplagalis''
Hampson, 1899
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Phryganodes unitalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
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Phryganodes unitinctalis''
Hampson, 1896
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Phryganodes violitincta''
Rothschild, 1915
Former species
* ''Phryganodes baratalis''
Holland, 1900 transferred to ''
Filodes baratalis''
(Holland, 1900)
* ''Phryganodes bistigmalis''
Strand, 1913 transferred to ''
Phostria bistigmalis
''Phostria bistigmalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Embrik Strand in 1913. It is found in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
References
*Maes, 2014. Notes on the Crambidae of Africa with new synonyms and combinatio ...
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(Strand, 1913)
References
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Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
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