Crambidae Latreille, 1810 - Crambid Snout Moths

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Pyraloidea
Family: Crambidae

The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.

In many classifications, the Crambidae have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae or snout-moths. The principal difference is a structure in the ears called the praecinctorium, which joins two tympanic membranes in the Crambidae, and is absent from the Pyralidae. The latest review by Munroe and Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family. Wikipedia

Subfamily: Acentropinae Stephens, 1836

Genera: Eoophyla, Paracymoriza, Parapoynx

Eoophyla sejunctalis

Paracymoriza vagalis

Parapoynx diminutalis

Parapoynx fluctuosalis

Parapoynx stagnalis

Parapoynx villidalis

Subfamily: Glaphyriinae Forbes, 1923

Genera: Crocidolomia, Hydriris

Crocidolomia pavonana

Hydriris ornatalis

Subfamily: Odontiinae Guenée, 1854

Genera: Dausara, Euclasta, Hemiscopis, Heortia

Autocharis hedyphaes

Dausara amethysta

Euclasta vitralis

Hemiscopis sanguinea

Heortia vitessoides

Subfamily: Pyraustinae Meyrick, 1890

Genera: Cirrhochrista, Daulia, Isocentris, Pagyda, Paliga, Notesia

Cirrhochrista brizoalis

Daulia aurantialis

Isocentris filalis

Pagyda salvalis

Paliga ochrealis

Paliga machoeralis

Notesia tranquillalis

Subfamily: Spilomelinae Guenée, 1854

Genera: Aetholix, Agathodes, Agrioglypta, Agrotera, Arthroschista, Botyodes, Chabula, Cnaphalocrocis, Conogethes, Cotachena, Cydalima, Diaphania, Dysallacta, Eurrhyparodes, Filodes, Gadessa, Glyphodes, Haritalodes, Herpetogramma, Ischnurges, Maruca, Meroctena, Metoeca, Nacoleia, Nausinoe, Notarcha, Lamprosema, Omiodes, Omphisa, Pachynoa, Palpita, Pardomima, Parotis, Patania, Poliobotys, Polythlipta, Pycnarmon, Pygospila, Rehimena, Sameodes, Spoladea, Syllepte, Synclera, Talanga, Tatobotys,Tyspanodes