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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Samea alophalis
''Samea alophalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu ...
'' Hampson, 1912
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Samea antisema
''Samea antisema'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Vanuatu.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingt ...
Samea baccatalis
''Samea baccatalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia (U.S. State), Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.
The wing ...
'' (Hulst, 1892)
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Samea bipunctalis
''Samea bipunctalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Warren in 1888. It is found in Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is ...
'' Warren, 1888
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Samea borboraula
''Samea borboraula'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina.
References
Moths described in 1936
Spilomelinae
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'' (Meyrick, 1936)
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Samea calligraphalis
''Samea calligraphalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1892. It is found in Indonesia (Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by t ...
'' (Snellen, 1892)
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Samea calonalis
''Samea calonalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil.
Adults are brownish, tinged with cupreous or purplish. The wings have two very irregular and diffuse yellow iridescent nearly hyaline bands formed of spots and patche ...
Samea conjunctalis
''Samea conjunctalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto ...
Samea ecclesialis
''Samea ecclesialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida, we ...
'' Guenée, 1854
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Samea figuralis
''Samea figuralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC) ...
'' Walker in Chapman, 1969
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Samea forsteri
''Samea forsteri'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of So ...
'' (Amsel, 1956)
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Samea mictalis
''Samea mictalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Tabasco in Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commo ...
'' Hampson, 1912
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Samea multiplicalis
''Samea multiplicalis'', the salvinia stem-borer moth, is an aquatic moth commonly found in freshwater habitats from the southern United States to Argentina, as well as in Australia where it was introduced in 1981. Salvinia stem-borer moths lay ...
'' (Guenée, 1854)
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Samea obliteralis
''Samea obliteralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in bot ...
'' Walker, 1866
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Samea purpurascens
''Samea purpurascens'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, ...
'' Moore, 1877
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Samea similalis
''Samea similalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state ...
'' Hampson, 1912
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Samea sylvialis
''Samea sylvialis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela and Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in t ...
'' (Walker, 1859)
Former species
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Samea fumidalis
''Nacoleia fumidalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the ...
'' Leech, 1889
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Samea nicaeusalis
''Samea multiplicalis'', the salvinia stem-borer moth, is an aquatic moth commonly found in freshwater habitats from the southern United States to Argentina, as well as in Australia where it was introduced in 1981. Salvinia stem-borer moths lay t ...