Spilomelini is a

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of the species-rich subfamily

Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids. Description Imagines – the adu ...

in the

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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 ...

. The tribe was erected 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. The tribe currently comprises the following 17 genera, altogether containing 133 species: *''

Aethaloessa ''Aethaloessa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Aethaloessa calidalis'' (Guenée, 1854) *''Aethaloessa floridalis'' (Zeller, 1852) *''Aethaloessa rufula ''Aethaloessa'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Sp ...

'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Chnaura'' Lederer, 1863) *''

Ceratarcha ''Ceratarcha'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. Both species are found in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Species *''Ceratarcha clathralis'' C. Swinhoe, 1894 *''Ceratarcha umbrosa'' C. ...

'' Swinhoe, 1894 *''

Cirrhocephalina ''Cirrhocephalina'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Munroe, 1995 (= ''Cirrhocephala'' Lederer, 1863) *''

Cnaphalocrocis ''Cnaphalocrocis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. Species *'' Cnaphalocrocis araealis'' (Hampson, 1912) *''Cnaphalocrocis bilinealis'' (Hampson, 1891) *'' Cnaphalocrocis brunneofus ...

'' Lederer, 1863 *''

Eporidia ''Eporidia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Eporidia dariusalis'', is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Togo Togo (), offici ...

'' Walker, 1859 (= ''Eporedia'' Walker, 1859, = ''Glaucoda'' Karsch, 1900) *''

Geshna ''Geshna'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1906. It contains only one species, ''Geshna cannalis'', the lesser canna leafroller, described by Altus Lacy Quaintance in 1898. It is found in N ...

'' Dyar, 1906 *'' Marasmia'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Bradinomorpha'' Matsumura, 1920, ''Dolichosticha'' Meyrick, 1884, ''Epimima'' Meyrick, 1886, ''Lasiacme'' Warren, 1896, ''Marasma'', ''Neomarasmia'' Kalra, David & Banerji, 1967, ''Prodotaula'' Meyrick, 1934, ''Susumia'' Marumo, 1930) *''

Marasmianympha ''Marasmianympha'' is a genus of moths of the grass moth family (biology), family (Crambidae) described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1991. Its single species, ''Marasmianympha eupselias'', was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. Among the grass moths, ...

'' Munroe, 1991 *'' Massepha'' Walker, 1859 *''

Orphanostigma ''Orphanostigma'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by William Warren in 1890. Species *''Orphanostigma abruptalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Orphanostigma angustale'' Hampson, 1893 *''Orphanostigma excisa ''Orphanostigma excisa ...

'' Warren, 1890 (= ''Orphanostagma'' J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007) *'' Palpusia'' Amsel, 1956 *''

Rhectocraspeda ''Rhectocraspeda'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Rhectocraspeda periusalis ''Rhectocraspeda periusalis'', the eggplant webworm moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It ...

'' Warren, 1892 (= ''Pilemia'' Möschler, 1882, ''Rapoona'' Hedemann, 1894, ''Rapona'' Schaus, 1940) *''

Salbia ''Salbia'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Species *'' Salbia abnormalis'' *'' Salbia ancidalis'' (Snellen, 1875) *'' Salbia cassidalis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Salbia cognatalis'' *'' Salbia defor ...

'' Guenée, 1854 (= ''Salbiomorpha'' Snellen, 1875) *''

Scaptesylodes ''Scaptesylodes'' is a genus of moths 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 s ...

'' Munroe, 1976 *''

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'' Hübner, 1820 *''

Spilomela ''Spilomela'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Zeuzerobotys ''Zeuzerobotys'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1963. Its only species, ''Zeuzerobotys mirabilis'', described by the same author in the same year, is found in Hidalgo Hidalgo may refer to: Pe ...

'' Munroe, 1963 (= ''Zeurzerobotys'' Munroe, 1963)

References

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