Pediasia

Pediasia is a genus of small moths in the family Crambidae. They are widespread across temperate Eurasia and adjacent regions.[1]

Pediasia
Adult Pediasia fascelinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Tribe:	Crambini
Genus:	Pediasia Hübner, [1825]
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Carvanca Walker, 1856 Oseriates Fazekas, 1991 Pseudopediasia Ganev, 1987

Despite this genus being proposed as early as 1825, it was not widely recognized until the mid-20th century. Consequently, most species were initially placed in the closely related genus Crambus.[1]

Species

Pediasia abbreviatellus (Walker, 1866) Pediasia abnaki (Klots, 1942) Pediasia alaica (Rebel, 1907) Pediasia alcmena Błeszyński, 1965 Pediasia altaica (Staudinger, 1899) Pediasia amandusella Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia aridalis (Hampson, 1900) Pediasia aridella Pediasia aridelloides Błeszyński, 1965 Pediasia batangensis (Caradja, 1939) Pediasia bizonelloides Błeszyński, 1966 Pediasia bizonellus (Hampson, 1896) Pediasia bolivarella (Schmidt, 1930) Pediasia browerella (Klots, 1942) Pediasia cistites (Meyrick, 1934) Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796) Pediasia desertella (Lederer, 1855) Pediasia dolicanthia Pediasia dorsipunctella (Kearfott, 1908) Pediasia echinulatia Pediasia ematheudellus (de Joannis, 1927) Pediasia epineura (Meyrick, 1883) Pediasia ericella (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) Pediasia fascelinella Pediasia ferruginea Błeszyński, 1963 Pediasia figuratellus (Walker, 1866) Pediasia fulvitinctellus (Hampson, 1896)

Pediasia georgella Kosakjewitsch, 1978 Pediasia gertlerae Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia gregori Roesler, 1975 Pediasia gruberella Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia hispanica Błeszyński, 1956 Pediasia huebneri Błeszyński, 1954 Pediasia jecondica Błeszyński, 1965 Pediasia jucundella (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]) Pediasia kuldjaensis (Caradja, 1916) Pediasia laciniella (Grote, 1880) Pediasia lederei Błeszyński, 1954 Pediasia lidiella Streltzov & Ustjuzhanin, 2009 Pediasia lucrecia Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia luteella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Pediasia matricella (Treitschke, 1832) Pediasia melanerges (Hampson, 1919) Pediasia mexicana Błeszyński, 1967 Pediasia naumanni Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia nephelostictus (de Joannis, 1927) Pediasia niobe Błeszyński, 1962 Pediasia numidella (Rebel, 1903) Pediasia ochristrigella (Hampson, 1896) Pediasia palmitiella (Chrétien, 1915) Pediasia paraniobe Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia pectinicornis (Rebel, 1910)

Pediasia pedriolella (Duponchel, 1836) Pediasia persella (Toll, 1947) Pediasia perselloides Pediasia phrygius Pediasia pseudopersella Błeszyński, 1959 Pediasia pudibundella (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]) Pediasia radicivitta (Filipjev, 1927) Pediasia ramexita Błeszyński, 1965 Pediasia ribbeella (Caradja, 1910) Pediasia roesleri Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia rotundiprojecta W. Li & H. Li, 2011 Pediasia sajanella (Caradja, 1925) Pediasia scolopendra Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia serraticornis (Hampson, 1900) Pediasia siculella Pediasia simiensis Błeszyński, 1962 Pediasia steppicolella (Zerny, 1914) Pediasia strenua Bassi, 1992 Pediasia subepineura Błeszyński, 1954 Pediasia subflavella (Duponchel, 1836) Pediasia torikurai Sasaki, 2011 Pediasia trisecta (Walker, 1856) Pediasia truncatella (Zetterstedt, 1839) Pediasia walkeri Błeszyński, 1962 Pediasia wittei Błeszyński, 1969 Pediasia yangtseella (Caradja, 1939) Pediasia zellerella (Staudinger, 1899)

Footnotes

1. See references in Savela (2005)

References

• Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 12, 2010.

External links

• Data related to Pediasia at Wikispecies
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.