Lygropia

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]

Lygropia
Lygropia shevaroyalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Agroterini
Genus: Lygropia
Lederer, 1863[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyperthalia Warren, 1896

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

Species

Former species

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. 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" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-04. 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.


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