Chrysendeton
Encyclopedia
Chrysendeton 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
- Chrysendeton anicitalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Chrysendeton autobella (Dyar, 1914)
- Chrysendeton azadasalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Chrysendeton bromachalis (Schaus, 1940)
- Chrysendeton bronachalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Chrysendeton chalcitis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Chrysendeton claudialis (Walker, 1859)
- Chrysendeton cumalis (Druce, 1896)
- Chrysendeton divulsalis (Walker, 1866)
- Chrysendeton imitabilis (Dyar, 1917)
- Chrysendeton kimballi Lange, 1956
- Chrysendeton mangholdalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Chrysendeton medicinalis Grote, 1881
- Chrysendeton melatornalis (Hampson, 1906)
- Chrysendeton minimalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
- Chrysendeton miralis (Möschler, 1890)
- Chrysendeton nigrescens
- Chrysendeton romanalis (Druce, 1896)
- Chrysendeton tessellalis (Hampson, 1897)
- Chrysendeton vacuolata (Dyar, 1914)