Leptosteges
Encyclopedia
Leptosteges 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
- Leptosteges chrysozona (Dyar, 1917)
- Leptosteges decetialis (Druce, 1896)
- Leptosteges flavicostella (Fernald, 1887)
- Leptosteges flavifascialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
- Leptosteges fuscipunctalis
- Leptosteges nigricostella (Hampson, 1895)
- Leptosteges onirophanta
- Leptosteges parthenialis (Dyar, 1917)
- Leptosteges parvipunctella (Schaus, 1913)
- Leptosteges pulverulenta Warren, 1889
- Leptosteges semicostalis
- Leptosteges sordidalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
- Leptosteges vestaliella (Zeller, 1872)
- Leptosteges xantholeucalis (Guenée, 1854)