Clupeosoma
Encyclopedia
Clupeosoma 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
- Clupeosoma astrigalis Hampson, 1917
- Clupeosoma atristriata Hampson, 1917
- Clupeosoma cicatricale Munroe, 1977
- Clupeosoma cinerea (Warren, 1892)
- Clupeosoma glaucinalis Hampson, 1917
- Clupeosoma laniferalis Hampson, 1907
- Clupeosoma margarisemale Munroe, 1977
- Clupeosoma metachryson Hampson, 1897
- Clupeosoma microthyrale Munroe, 1977
- Clupeosoma orientalalis (Viette, 1954)
- Clupeosoma pellucidalis Snellen, 1880
- Clupeosoma purpureum Inoue, 1982
- Clupeosoma rufistriata Hampson, 1917
- Clupeosoma sericialis (Hampson, 1896)