Aulacodes
Encyclopedia
Aulacodes is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
"A." eupselias was erroneously assigned to this genus at first; it is actually not very closely related by grass moth standards and nowadays placed in the monotypic
genus Marasmianympha
.
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
- Aulacodes adiantealis (Walker, 1859)
- Aulacodes adjutrealis Schaus, 1924
- Aulacodes aechmialis Guenée, 1854
- Aulacodes briocusalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Aulacodes caepiosalis (Walker, 1859)
- Aulacodes chalcialis (Hampson, 1906)
- Aulacodes chionostola (Hampson, 1917)
- Aulacodes cilianalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Aulacodes citronalis (Druce, 1896)
- Aulacodes confusalis Schaus, 1906
- Aulacodes congallalis Schaus, 1924
- Aulacodes convoluta Hampson, 1897
- Aulacodes cuprescens (Hampson, 1912)
- Aulacodes delicata Schaus, 1912
- Aulacodes exhibitalis (Walker, 1862)
- Aulacodes filigeralis (Walker, 1866)
- Aulacodes fragmentalis (Lederer, 1863)
- Aulacodes gothicalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Aulacodes halitalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Aulacodes hamalis Snellen, 1875
- Aulacodes hodevalis (Druce, 1896)
- Aulacodes ilialis (Walker, 1859)
- Aulacodes julittalis Schaus, 1924
- Aulacodes melanicalis (Hampson, 1917)
- Aulacodes mesoleucalis (Hampson, 1917)
- Aulacodes moralis Schaus, 1906
- Aulacodes obtusalis Dyar, 1914
- Aulacodes pampalis Schaus, 1906
- Aulacodes peribocalis (Walker, 1859)
- Aulacodes psyllalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Aulacodes pulcherialis (Druce, 1896)
- Aulacodes reversalis Dyar, 1914
- Aulacodes scaralis (Schaus, 1906)
- Aulacodes semicircularis Hampson, 1897
- Aulacodes templalis Schaus, 1906
- Aulacodes traversalis Dyar, 1914
"A." eupselias was erroneously assigned to this genus at first; it is actually not very closely related by grass moth standards and nowadays placed in the monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
genus Marasmianympha
Marasmianympha
Marasmianympha is a genus of moths of the grass moth family . It contains a single species, M. eupselias. Among the grass moths, it belongs to subfamily Spilomelinae. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands of Polynesia, where it has been recorded on Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa and Tahuata, but is suspected...
.