Culladia
Encyclopedia
Culladia is a grass moth genus
(family
Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae
, tribe
Crambini. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon
Nirmaladia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
Genus
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(family
Family (biology)
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Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae
Crambinae
Crambinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,800 species worldwide. The larvae are root feeders or stem borers, mostly on grasses. A few species are pests of sod grasses, maize, sugar cane, rice, and other Poaceae...
, tribe
Tribe (biology)
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Crambini. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon
Taxon
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Nirmaladia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
Species
- Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
- Culladia admigratella (Walker, 1863)
- Culladia assamella Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia cuneiferellus (Walker, 1863)
- Culladia dentilinealis Hampson, 1919
- Culladia dentilinealis Hampson, 1919
- Culladia elgonella Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia evae Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia hanna Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia hastiferalis (Walker, 1866)
- Culladia inconspicuellus (Snellen, 1872)
- Culladia miria Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia paralyticus (Meyrick, 1932)
- Culladia serranella Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia strophaea (Meyrick, 1905)
- Culladia suffusella Hampson, 1896
- Culladia tonkinella Bleszynski, 1970
- Culladia troglodytellus (Snellen, 1872)
- Culladia yomii Schouten, 1993