Grass moth
| Crambidae | |
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| Scoparia ambigualis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| (unranked): | Obtectomera |
| Superfamily: | Pyraloidea |
| Family: |
Crambidae Latreille, 1810 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Acentropinae (=Nymphulinae) |
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| Diversity | |
| Some 11,630 species | |
Acentropinae (=Nymphulinae)
Cathariinae
Crambinae
Cybalomiinae
Glaphyriinae (=Evergestinae, Noordinae)
Heliothelinae
Lathrotelinae
Linostinae
Midilinae
Musotiminae
Odontiinae
Pyraustinae
Schoenobiinae
Scopariinae
Spilomelinae (=Wurthiinae)
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans (butterflies and moths). 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 coloured 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. The latest review by Munroe and Solis, in Kristensen (1999), retains the Crambidae as a full family.
Spilomelinae species
Agriphila straminella on Achillea
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