Glaphyriinae
Sign in to savethumb|Glaphyria fulminalis on milkweed Glaphyriinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1923. The subfamily currently comprises 509 species in 75 genera.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Crambidae
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- Glaphyriinae
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- Glaphyriinae
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- Category:Glaphyriinae
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thumb|Glaphyria fulminalis on milkweed Glaphyriinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1923. The subfamily currently comprises 509 species in 75 genera.
The larvae of Glaphyriinae predominantly feed on plants of the order Brassicales and are able to digest the glucosinolates contained in these plants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glaphyriinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.