Ategumia
Encyclopedia
Ategumia 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
- Ategumia actealis (Walker, 1859)
- Ategumia adipalisAtegumia adipalisAtegumia adipalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from India to Australia and in Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and China. It was introduced to Hawaii in 1965....
(Lederer, 1863) - Ategumia crocealis (Dognin, 1906)
- Ategumia dilecticolor (Dyar, 1912)
- Ategumia ebulealisAtegumia ebulealisAtegumia ebulealis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Central America, the Antilles, Florida and Georgia. It was thought to be introduced to Hawaii, but later research concluded it was actually Ategumia matutinalis which was released....
(Guenée, 1854) - Ategumia fatualisAtegumia fatualisAtegumia fatualis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is native to the Philippines, but was introduced to Hawaii and Kauai in1958 for the control of Melastoma malabathricum....
(Lederer, 1863) - Ategumia insipidalis (Lederer, 1863)
- Ategumia longidentalis (Dognin, 1904)
- Ategumia matutinalisAtegumia matutinalisAtegumia matutinalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Central America, South America and the Antilles, including Puerto Rico, Trinidad, French Guyana, Ecuador and Jamaica...
(Guenée, 1854) - Ategumia nalotalis (Schaus, 1924)