Microchilo
Encyclopedia
Microchilo 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
- Microchilo acroperalis (Hampson, 1908)
- Microchilo elgrecoi Bleszynski, 1966
- Microchilo eromenalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Microchilo fulvizonella (Hampson, 1896)
- Microchilo fulvosignalis (Snellen, 1880)
- Microchilo gelastis (Meyrick, 1887)
- Microchilo griseofuscalis (Rothschild, 1915)
- Microchilo inexpectellus Bleszynski, 1965
- Microchilo inouei Okano, 1962
- Microchilo javaiensis Bleszynski, 1966
- Microchilo kawabei Inoue, 1989
- Microchilo murilloi Bleszynski, 1966
- Microchilo nugalis (Snellen, 1880)
- Microchilo snelleni Bleszynski, 1966
- Microchilo syndyas Meyrick, 1938