Prionapteryx
Encyclopedia
Prionapteryx 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
- Prionapteryx achatina Zeller, 1863
- Prionapteryx africalis Hampson, 1896
- Prionapteryx albescens (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx albiceps (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx albicostalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx albimaculalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx albipennis Butler, 1886
- Prionapteryx albipunctella (Marion, 1957)
- Prionapteryx albofascialis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx albostigmata (Rothschild, 1921)
- Prionapteryx alikangiella (Strand, 1918)
- Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002
- Prionapteryx amselella (Bleszynski, 1965)
- Prionapteryx arenalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx argentescens (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx bergii (Zeller, 1877)
- Prionapteryx brevivittalis Hampson, 1919
- Prionapteryx carmensita Bleszynski, 1970
- Prionapteryx cuneolalis (Hulst, 1886)
- Prionapteryx delicatellus Caradja, 1927
- Prionapteryx diaperatalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx diaplecta (Meyrick, 1936)
- Prionapteryx diffusilinea (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx elongata (Zeller, 1877)
- Prionapteryx endoleuca (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx eugraphis (Walker, 1863)
- Prionapteryx flavipars (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx hedyscopa (Lower, 1905)
- Prionapteryx indentella (Kearfott, 1908)
- Prionapteryx invectalis (Walker, 1863)
- Prionapteryx lancerotella (Rebel, 1892)
- Prionapteryx margherita (Bleszynski, 1965)
- Prionapteryx mesozonalis Hampson, 1919
- Prionapteryx moghrebana (D. Lucas, 1954)
- Prionapteryx molybdella (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx nebulifera Stephens, 1834
- Prionapteryx neotropicalis (Hampson, 1896)
- Prionapteryx nephalia (Meyrick, 1936)
- Prionapteryx nigrifascialis (Walker, 1866)
- Prionapteryx obeliscota (Meyrick, 1936)
- Prionapteryx ochrifasciata (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx phaeomesa (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx plumbealis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx rubricalis Hampson, 1919
- Prionapteryx rubrifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx rufistrigalis (Fawcett, 1918)
- Prionapteryx santella (Kearfott, 1908)
- Prionapteryx scitulellus (Walker, 1866)
- Prionapteryx selenalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx serpentella Kearfott, 1908
- Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919)
- Prionapteryx spasmatica Meyrick, 1936
- Prionapteryx strioliger (Rothschild, 1913)
- Prionapteryx termia (Meyrick, 1885)
- Prionapteryx texturella (Zeller, 1877)
- Prionapteryx thysbesalis Walker, 1863
- Prionapteryx yavapai (Kearfott, 1908)