Lathrotelinae
| Crambidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| (unranked): | Obtectomera |
| Superfamily: | Pyraloidea |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: |
Lathrotelinae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971 |
| Genera | |
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Diplopseustis Meyrick, 1884 |
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Diplopseustis Meyrick, 1884
Diplopseustoides Guillermet, 2013
Lathroteles J.F.G. Clarke, 1971
Sufetula Walker, 1859
Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae. It currently comprises 37 species in four genera.
Until recently, Lathrotelinae have been treated within the subfamily Spilomelinae. However, recent studies concluded that Lathroteles obscura J.F.G Clarke, 1971 and several other species are misplaced in Spilomelinae and require a separate subfamily. According to the ICZN's Principle of Priority, the family-group name Lathrotelidae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971 applies to this subfamily.
Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing outline, the absent chaetosemata on the imaginal head, the completely reduced gnathos, and the male genitalia's aedeagus with a strongly spiculose 'manica' on its posterior end. Lathrotelinae are suggested to be closely related to Acentropinae based on two synapomorphies in the second sternum of the abdomen, but no phylogenetic analysis has been undertaken investigating this hypothesis.
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