Biology:Prionapteryx

Short description: Genus of moths

Prionapteryx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Ancylolomiini
Genus:	Prionapteryx Stephens, 1834
Synonyms
Alloea Turner, 1947 Calarina Walker, 1866 Hypotomorpha Rebel, 1892 Nuarace Walker, 1863 Naurace Bleszynski & Collins, 1962 Pindicitora Walker, 1863 Pindicitra Shibuya, 1928 Platytesia Strand, 1918 Prionopteryx Zeller, 1863 Loxophantis Meyrick, 1935

Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Species

• Prionapteryx achatina Zeller, 1863
• Prionapteryx acreonalis (Walker, 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 albofascialis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx amathusia Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011
• Prionapteryx annusalis (Walker, 1863)
• Prionapteryx arenalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx argentescens (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx banaadirensis Bassi, 2013
• Prionapteryx bergii (Zeller, 1877)
• Prionapteryx brevivittalis Hampson, 1919
• Prionapteryx cuneolalis (Hulst, 1886)
• Prionapteryx delicatellus Caradja, 1927
• Prionapteryx diaperatalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx diaplecta (Meyrick, 1936)
• Prionapteryx eberti Bassi & Mey in Bassi, 2013
• Prionapteryx elongata (Zeller, 1877)
• Prionapteryx endoleuca (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx eugraphis (Walker, 1863)
• Prionapteryx flavipars (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx hedyscopa (Lower, 1905)
• Prionapteryx helena Bassi, 2013
• Prionapteryx indentella (Kearfott, 1908)
• Prionapteryx lancerotella (Rebel, 1892)
• 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 ochrifasciata (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx phaeomesa (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx plumbealis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx rubricalis Hampson, 1919
• Prionapteryx rubrifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx santella (Kearfott, 1908)
• Prionapteryx scitulellus (Walker, 1866)
• Prionapteryx selenalis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx serpentella Kearfott, 1908
• Prionapteryx somala Bassi, 2013
• Prionapteryx spasmatica Meyrick, 1936
• Prionapteryx splendida Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011
• Prionapteryx termia (Meyrick, 1885)
• Prionapteryx texturella (Zeller, 1877)
• Prionapteryx triplecta (Meyrick, 1935)
• Prionapteryx yavapai (Kearfott, 1908)

Former species

• Prionapteryx albipunctella (Marion, 1957)
• Prionapteryx albostigmata (Rothschild, 1921)
• Prionapteryx alikangiella (Strand, 1918)
• Prionapteryx alternalis Maes, 2002
• Prionapteryx amselella (Bleszynski, 1965)
• Prionapteryx carmensita Bleszynski, 1970
• Prionapteryx diffusilinea (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx invectalis (Walker, 1863)
• Prionapteryx margherita (Bleszynski, 1965)
• Prionapteryx nigrifascialis (Walker, 1866)
• Prionapteryx obeliscota (Meyrick, 1936)
• Prionapteryx rufistrigalis (Fawcett, 1918)
• Prionapteryx soudanensis (Hampson, 1919)
• Prionapteryx strioliger (Rothschild, 1913)
• Prionapteryx thysbesalis Walker, 1863

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Wikidata ☰ Q5227968 entry