Peniculimius
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Peniculimius is a grass moth genus
(family
Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae
; its relationships within the latter group remain obscure. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
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...
(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...
; its relationships within the latter group remain obscure. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
Species
- Peniculimius acehi Schouten, 1994
- Peniculimius api Schouten, 1994
- Peniculimius captus Schouten, 1994
- Peniculimius crassus Schouten, 1994
- Peniculimius fructus Schouten, 1994
- Peniculimius marginata (Gaskin, 1974)
- Peniculimius moorei (Gaskin, 1974)
- Peniculimius ravus Schouten, 1994