Spilomelinae
Sign in to saveSpilomelinae 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 pyraloids.
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Vinony files it under Moth subfamilies, Spilomelinae and Taxa named by Achille Guenée.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Crambidae
- Collections
- CASC, SAM
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa
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- Spilomelinae
- topic's main category
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- taxon rank
- subfamily
- taxon name
- Spilomelinae
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Description
- Food plants
- Economic impact
- Systematics
- "Non-euspilomeline" tribes
- "Euspilomeline" tribes
- Genera currently unplaced in any Spilomelinae tribe
- Genera excluded from Spilomelinae
- See also
- References
- External links
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 pyraloids.
== Description == Imagines – the adult life stage – vary considerably in size: the forewing span ranges from 11.5 mm e.g. in Metasia to 50 mm in the robust-bodied Eporidia. In resting position, the moths exhibit a characteristic triangular shape, with the wings usually folded over the abdomen, the forewings covering the hindwings. Some Spilomelinae diverge from this common resting pattern, like Maruca with widely spread wings, and Atomopteryx and Lineodes with narrow wings folded along the body. All Spilomelinae moths have well-developed compound eyes, antennae and mouthparts, although in the genera Niphopyralis and Siga the proboscis is lost.
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