Piletocera
Encyclopedia
Piletocera 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
- Piletocera aequalis Walker, 1866
- Piletocera agathanalis Schaus, 1924
- Piletocera albicilialis Hampson, 1907
- Piletocera batjianalis Strand, 1920
- Piletocera chlorura (Meyrick, 1887)
- Piletocera concisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Piletocera erebina Butler, 1886
- Piletocera exuvialis (Snellen, 1890)
- Piletocera flavalis Hampson, 1917
- Piletocera flexiguttalis Warren, 1896
- Piletocera fulvalis Hampson, 1907
- Piletocera hecate Butler, 1886
- Piletocera hemiphaealis (Hampson, 1907)
- Piletocera inconspicua Schaus, 1912
- Piletocera latalis (Walker, 1866)
- Piletocera leucodelta (Meyrick, 1937)
- Piletocera litanalis (Walker, 1859)
- Piletocera macroperalis Hampson, 1897
- Piletocera meekii (T. P. Lucas, 1894)
- Piletocera melanauges Meyrick, 1886
- Piletocera melesalis (Walker, 1859)
- Piletocera ochrosema Meyrick, 1886
- Piletocera opacalis Rebel, 1926
- Piletocera penicillalis Christoph, 1881
- Piletocera reunionalis Viette, 1957
- Piletocera signiferalis (Wallengren, 1860)
- Piletocera sodalis (Leech, 1889)
- Piletocera ulophanes Meyrick, 1886
- Piletocera violalis Lederer, 1863
- Piletocera viperalis (Guenée, 1862)
- Piletocera xanthosoma Meyrick, 1886