Hileithia
Encyclopedia
Hileithia is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Hileithia aplicalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hileithia approprialis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia apygalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hileithia costipunctalis Amsel, 1956
- Hileithia decostalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hileithia densalis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia differentialis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia ductalis
- Hileithia edaphodrepta (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia hohaelis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia invidiosa (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia magualis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hileithia nacobora (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia obliqualis (Schaus, 1912)
- Hileithia rehamalis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia rhealis (Druce, 1895)
- Hileithia rhehabalis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia sparsalis (Dyar, 1914)
- Hileithia terminalis (Hampson, 1912)