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 ...
. It was described 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 lepi ...
in 1894, with ''
Prorodes mimica
''Prorodes mimica'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in north-eastern India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Ambon Island, New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales an ...
'' as
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
.
Species
*''
Prorodes camofelica
''Prorodes '' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894, with ''Prorodes mimica'' as type species.
Species
*''Prorodes camofelica'' Kirti & Kaur, 2009
*''Prorodes leucothyralis'' Mabille, 1900
*''Pr ...
'' Kirti & Kaur, 2009
*''
Prorodes leucothyralis
''Prorodes leucothyralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found on Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ...
'' Mabille, 1900
*''
Prorodes mimica
''Prorodes mimica'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in north-eastern India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Ambon Island, New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales an ...