Biology:Lygropia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Lygropia
46-Lygropia shevaroyalis Hampson 1908.JPG
Lygropia shevaroyalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Agroterini
Genus: Lygropia
Synonyms
  • Hyperthalia Warren, 1896

Lygropia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It currently comprises 66 species, which are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia, but not in Australia .[1]

The genus is placed in the tribe Agroterini.[2]

Species


Former species

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_77_1/07_asp_77-1_mally_141-204.pdf. Retrieved 2020-02-01. 
  3. Munroe, Eugene G.; Mutuura, Akira (1970). "Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of Temperate East Asia X". The Canadian Entomologist 102 (12): 1489–1507. doi:10.4039/Ent1021489-12. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6707817 entry