Tegostoma
Encyclopedia
Tegostoma 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
- Tegostoma aequifascialis (Zerny in Rebel & Zerny, 1917)
- Tegostoma albinalis Maes, 2004
- Tegostoma albizonalis Hampson, 1900
- Tegostoma anaemica Hampson, 1913
- Tegostoma anaemicalis (Hampson, 1900)
- Tegostoma baphialis (Staudinger, 1871)
- Tegostoma bipartalis Hampson in Walsingham & Hampson, 1896
- Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Tegostoma concinnalis (Christoph, 1882)
- Tegostoma confluentalis Hampson, 1913
- Tegostoma embale Caradja, 1928
- Tegostoma flavida (Moore, 1881)
- Tegostoma florilegaria Guenée, 1857
- Tegostoma kenrickalis Marion & Viette, 1956
- Tegostoma lepidalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Tegostoma marginalis Amsel, 1961
- Tegostoma millotalis (Marion, 1956)
- Tegostoma moeschleri (Christoph, 1862)
- Tegostoma mossulalis Amsel, 1949
- Tegostoma praestantalis (D. Lucas, 1943)
- Tegostoma richteri Amsel, 1963
- Tegostoma ruptilineale Zerny, 1914
- Tegostoma sarobiella Amsel, 1970
- Tegostoma stangei Zerny, 1916
- Tegostoma subditalis Zeller, 1852
- Tegostoma subterminalis Hampson, 1918
- Tegostoma uniforma Amsel, 1951
- Tegostoma zachlora (Meyrick, 1891)