Pediasia
Encyclopedia
Pediasia is a genus
of small moth
s in the family
Crambidae
. They are widespread across temperate
Eurasia
and adjacent regions.
Despite this genus being proposed as early as 1825, it was not widely recognized until the mid-20th century. Consequently, most species
were initially placed in the closely related genus Crambus.
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 small 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 in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by 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...
. They are widespread across temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
and adjacent regions.
Despite this genus being proposed as early as 1825, it was not widely recognized until the mid-20th century. Consequently, most species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
were initially placed in the closely related genus Crambus.
Species
- Pediasia abbreviatellus (Walker, 1866)
- Pediasia abnaki (Klots, 1942)
- Pediasia alaica (Rebel, 1907)
- Pediasia alcmena Bleszynski, 1965
- Pediasia altaica (Staudinger, 1899)
- Pediasia amandusella Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia aridalis (Hampson, 1900)
- Pediasia aridellaPediasia aridellaPediasia aridella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe. There are three recognised subspecies P. aridella aridella, P. aridella caradjella and P. aridella edmontella....
- Pediasia aridelloides Bleszynski, 1965
- Pediasia batangensis (Caradja, 1939)
- Pediasia bizonelloides Bleszynski, 1966
- Pediasia bizonellus (Hampson, 1896)
- Pediasia bolivarella (Schmidt, 1930)
- Pediasia browerella (Klots, 1942)
- Pediasia cistites (Meyrick, 1934)
- Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796)
- Pediasia desertella (Lederer, 1855)
- Pediasia dolichanthia
- Pediasia dorsipunctella (Kearfott, 1908)
- Pediasia echinulatia
- Pediasia ematheudellus (Joannis, 1927)
- Pediasia epineura (Meyrick, 1883)
- Pediasia ericella (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
- Pediasia fascelinellaPediasia fascelinellaPediasia fascelinella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 24-30 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.The larvae feed on various grasses.-External links:* * *...
- Pediasia ferruginea Bleszynski, 1963
- Pediasia figuratellus (Walker, 1866
- Pediasia fulvitinctellus (Hampson, 1896)
- Pediasia gertlerae Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia gruberella Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia hispanica Bleszynski, 1956
- Pediasia huebneri Bleszynski, 1954
- Pediasia jecondica Bleszynski, 1965
- Pediasia jucundella (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])
- Pediasia kuldjaensis (Caradja, 1916)
- Pediasia laciniella (Grote, 1880)
- Pediasia lederei Bleszynski, 1954
- Pediasia lidiella Streltzov & Ustjuzhanin, 2009
- Pediasia lucrecia Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia luteella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Pediasia matricella (Treitschke, 1832)
- Pediasia melanerges (Hampson, 1919)
- Pediasia mexicana Bleszynski, 1967
- Pediasia naumanni Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia nephelostictus (Joannis, 1927)
- Pediasia niobe Bleszynski, 1962
- Pediasia numidella (Rebel, 1903)
- Pediasia ochristrigella (Hampson, 1896)
- Pediasia palmitiella (Chrétien, 1915)
- Pediasia paraniobe Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia pectinicornis (Rebel, 1910)
- Pediasia pedriolella (Duponchel, 1836)
- Pediasia persella (Toll, 1947)
- Pediasia perselloides
- Pediasia phrygius
- Pediasia pseudopersella Bleszynski, 1959
- Pediasia pudibundella (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
- Pediasia radicivitta (Filipjev, 1927)
- Pediasia ramexita Bleszynski, 1965
- Pediasia ribbeella (Caradja, 1910)
- Pediasia roesleri Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia sajanella (Caradja, 1925)
- Pediasia scolopendra Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia serraticornis (Hampson, 1900)
- Pediasia siculellaPediasia siculellaPediasia siculella is a species of moth of the Crambidae family.It is found in Sicily, Malta, Spain, Tunisia and Morocco....
- Pediasia simiensis Bleszynski, 1962
- ? Pediasia sinevi
- Pediasia steppicolella (Zerny, 1914)
- Pediasia strenua Bassi, 1992
- Pediasia subepineura Bleszynski, 1954
- Pediasia subflavella (Duponchel, 1836)
- Pediasia trisectaPediasia trisectaThe Large Sod Webworm or Greater Sod Webworm is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in the United States and southern Canada.The wingspan is 23-33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October. Adults feed solely on dew....
(Walker, 1856) - Pediasia truncatella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
- Pediasia walkeri Bleszynski, 1962
- Pediasia wittei Bleszynski, 1969
- Pediasia yangtseella (Caradja, 1939)
- Pediasia zellerella (Staudinger, 1899)
External links
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=crambidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUSNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]