Biology:Gargela

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Short description: Genus of moths

Gargela
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Diptychophorini
Genus: Gargela
Synonyms
  • Mixophyla Meyrick, 1887
  • Angonia Snellen, 1893
  • Mixophila Hampson, 1896

Gargela is a genus of moths in the subfamily Crambinae of the family Crambidae. The genus currently comprises 22 Austral-Asian species, of which the majority has been described in recent years.[1][2] Many species remain to be described, with their total number probably being around 40 species.[3]

Species

References

  1. Song, Shi-Mei; Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (2009). "A review of the genus Gargela Walker in China, with descriptions of ten new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Crambinae)". Zootaxa 2090: 40–56. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02090p056f.pdf. 
  2. Yang, Jing-Bo; Jie, Lu-Lan; Li, Weichun (2019). "Notes on the genus Gargela (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), with descriptions of two new species from China". Journal of Natural History 53 (33-34): 2099–2104. doi:10.1080/00222933.2019.1692087. 
  3. Robinson, Gaden S.; Tuck, Kevin R.; Shaffer, Michael (1994). A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. pp. 1–309. ISBN 9839681133. 

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