Spilomelini is a
tribe
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of the species-rich
subfamily
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Spilomelinae
Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,180 described species in 351 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloidea, pyraloids.
Description
Imagines ...
in the
pyraloid moth family
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Crambidae
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. 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 ear ...
in 1854.
The tribe currently comprises the following 17 genera, altogether containing 135 species:
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Aethaloessa''
Lederer, 1863 (= ''Chnaura''
Lederer, 1863)
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Ceratarcha''
Swinhoe, 1894
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Cirrhocephalina''
Munroe, 1995 (= ''Cirrhocephala''
Lederer, 1863)
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Cnaphalocrocis''
Lederer, 1863
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Eporidia''
Walker, 1859 (= ''Eporedia''
Walker, 1859, = ''Glaucoda''
Karsch, 1900)
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Geshna''
Dyar, 1906
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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)
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Marasmianympha''
Munroe, 1991
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Massepha''
Walker, 1859
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Orphanostigma''
Warren, 1890 (= ''Orphanostagma''
J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007)
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Palpusia''
Amsel, 1956
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Rhectocraspeda''
Warren, 1892 (= ''Pilemia''
Möschler, 1882, ''Rapoona''
Hedemann, 1894, ''Rapona''
Schaus, 1940)
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Salbia''
Guenée, 1854 (= ''Salbiomorpha''
Snellen, 1875)
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Scaptesylodes''
Munroe, 1976
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Siga''
Hübner, 1820
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Spilomela''
Guenée, 1854
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Zeuzerobotys''
Munroe, 1963 (= ''Zeurzerobotys''
Munroe, 1963)
References
External links
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Spilomelinae
Moth tribes
Taxa described in 1854
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
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