''Samea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s 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 stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...

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 ear ...

in 1854.

Species

*'' Samea alophalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Samea antisema'' (Meyrick, 1886) *'' Samea atrichonalis'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Samea baccatalis'' (Hulst, 1892) *'' Samea bipunctalis'' Warren, 1888 *''

Samea borboraula ''Samea borboraula'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South Americ ...

'' (Meyrick, 1936) *'' Samea calligraphalis'' (Snellen, 1892) *'' Samea calonalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Samea carettalis'' Schaus, 1940 *'' Samea castoralis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Samea choristalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Samea conjunctalis'' Möschler, 1890 *'' Samea delicata'' Kaye, 1923 *'' Samea druchachalis'' Dyar, 1924 *'' Samea ecclesialis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Samea figuralis'' Walker in Chapman, 1969 *'' Samea forsteri'' (Amsel, 1956) *'' Samea mictalis'' Hampson, 1912 *''

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 t ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) *'' Samea obliteralis'' Walker, 1866 *'' Samea purpurascens'' Moore, 1877 *'' Samea similalis'' Hampson, 1912 *'' Samea sylvialis'' (Walker, 1859)

Former species

*'' Samea fumidalis'' Leech, 1889 *'' Samea nicaeusalis'' (Walker, 1859)

References

Spilomelinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Nomophilini-stub