Biology:Diplopseustis

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Diplopseustis is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Lathrotelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described in 1884 by Edward Meyrick with Cymoriza minima Butler, 1881 as its type species, which is now considered a synonym of Diplopseustis perieresalis.[1]

The genus currently comprises seven species distributed in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian realm.[1]

Species

Former species

Diplopseustis metallias Meyrick, 1897 is now placed in Sufetula.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GlobIZ
  2. ↑ Speidel, Wolfgang; Van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Honey, Martin R.; Koster, Sjaak J. C. (2007). "The exotic pyraloid moth Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker) expanding in the West Palaearctic region (Crambidae: Spilomelinae)". Nota Lepidopterologica 29 (3/4): 185–192. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46987252#page/53/mode/1up. 
  3. ↑ Müller, Anne; Hayden, James; Lees, David; Léger, Théo (2025-03-17). "Assessment of species diversity of the Lathrotelinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Philippines using morphology and DNA barcoding reveals eight new species". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2025.01.012. 

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