Charltona
Encyclopedia
Charltona 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
- Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona argyrastis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona ariadna Bleszynski, 1970
- Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona bivitellus (Moore, 1872)
- Charltona cervinellus (Moore, 1872) (including C. interruptellus, which may be distinct)
- Charltona chrysopasta Hampson, 1910
- Charltona consociellus (Walker, 1863)
- Charltona cramboides (Walker, 1865)
- Charltona desistalis (Walker, 1863)
- Charltona diatraeella (Hampson, 1896)
- Charltona endothermalis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona fusca Hampson, 1903
- Charltona inconspicuellus (Moore, 1872)
- Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona kala Swinhoe, 1886
- Charltona laminata Hampson, 1896
- Charltona ortellus (Swinhoe, 1887)
- Charltona plurivittalis Hampson, 1910
- Charltona rufalis Hampson, 1919
- Charltona synaula Meyrick, 1933
- Charltona trichialis (Hampson, 1903)
- Charltona tritonella (Hampson, 1898)