Mimorista
Encyclopedia
Mimorista 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
- Mimorista botydalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Mimorista brunneoflavalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Mimorista citronalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Mimorista citrostictalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Mimorista costistictalis (Hampson, 1918)
- Mimorista diopalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Mimorista jamaicalis (Haimbach, 1915)
- Mimorista leucoplacalis (Hampson, 1918)
- Mimorista matronulalis (Möschler, 1886)
- Mimorista subcostalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Mimorista trimaculalis (Grote, 1878)
- Mimorista trisemalis (Dognin, 1910)
- Mimorista tristigmalis (Hampson, 1899)
- Mimorista villicalis (Möschler, 1886)