Ambia (moth)
Encyclopedia
Ambia is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Ambia albiflavalis Hampson, 1917
- Ambia albomaculalis Hampson, 1897
- Ambia ambrealis Viette, 1960
- Ambia andasalis Viette, 1960
- Ambia anosibalis Viette, 1958
- Ambia argentifascialis Marion, 1957
- Ambia catalaianus (Viette, 1954)
- Ambia chalcichroalis Hampson, 1906
- Ambia chrysogramma Hampson, 1917
- Ambia colonalis (Bremer, 1864)
- Ambia gueneealis Viette, 1957
- Ambia locuples (Butler, 1889)
- Ambia magnificalis Swinhoe, 1895
- Ambia mantasoalis Viette, 1978
- Ambia marmorealis Marion & Viette, 1956
- Ambia melanalis Hampson, 1906
- Ambia naumanni Speidel & Stüning, 2005
- Ambia nosivalis Viette, 1958
- Ambia novaguinensis Kenrick, 1912
- Ambia phobos Viette, 1989
- Ambia pictoralis Viette, 1960
- Ambia prolalis Viette, 1958
- Ambia ptolycusalis Walker, 1859
- Ambia schistochaeta Tams, 1935
- Ambia tendicularis Rebel, 1915
- Ambia thyridialis Lederer, 1855
- Ambia vilisalis Viette, 1958
- Ambia yamanakai Kirpichnikova, 1999