Biology:Almonia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Almonia Walker, 1866 |
Almonia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Classification
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of (butterflies and moths).[1] They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly colored and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.
In many classifications, the Crambidae have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae or snout-moths. The principal difference is a structure in the ears called the praecinctorium, which joins two tympanic membranes in the Crambidae, and is absent from the Pyralidae. It would seem to be a matter of personal opinion (therefore not susceptible to definitive decision) whether this distinction merits division into two families, or whether the common presence of ventrally-located ears should unify them into one family. The latest review by Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family.[2]
Species
- Almonia atratalis Rothschild, 1915
- Almonia truncatalis Walker, [1866][3]
Former species
- Almonia cristata (Hampson, 1891)
- Almonia lobipennis (Moore, 1886)
References
- ↑ "Family Crambidae". ZipCodeZoo. http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Crambidae_Family.asp.
- ↑ Kükenthal, Willy (3 December 1998). Munroe, E., & Solis, M.A. (1999). "The Pyraloidea" in Lepidoptera: Moths & Butterflies by N.P. Kristensen. 233-256. ISBN 9783110157048. https://books.google.com/books?id=B9rdQ1gHuAAC&q=Munroe+%26+Solis&pg=PA234. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4733914 entry
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