Phostria
Encyclopedia
Phostria 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
- Phostria albescentalis Hampson, 1918
- Phostria albirenalis (Hampson, 1899)
- Phostria aterrimalis Hampson, 1918
- Phostria atrisignalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria buckleyi (Druce, 1902)
- Phostria calydon
- Phostria caniusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria chrysomera Hampson, 1918
- Phostria citrinalis (Druce, 1895)
- Phostria clementalis (Schaus, 1912)
- Phostria cleodalis Schaus, 1920
- Phostria concolor (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Phostria crithonalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria delilalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria diffusimarginalis (Hampson, 1899)
- Phostria discipunctalis (Hampson, 1903)
- Phostria dispila Ghesquière, 1940
- Phostria dohrnii (Snellen, 1881)
- Phostria euagra (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Phostria euryleucalis Hampson, 1918
- Phostria glyphodoides (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria gravitalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
- Phostria hesusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria indignalis Schaus, 1920
- Phostria internervalis Hampson, 1918
- Phostria latiapicalis
- Phostria leucophasma (Dyar, 1912)
- Phostria linealis (Guenée, 1854)
- Phostria lithosialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Phostria maculicostalis Hampson, 1893
- Phostria mapetalis (Schaus, 1912)
- Phostria marginalis Amsel, 1956
- Phostria memmialoides
- Phostria mendelalis (Druce, 1902)
- Phostria metalobalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria microselene (Hampson, 1918)
- Phostria monotona
- Phostria mungalis
- Phostria nicoalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria oajacalis (Walker, 1866)
- Phostria obliqualis (Schaus, 1912)
- Phostria obscurataPhostria obscurataPhostria obscurata is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Burma.Adults are purplish-brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly-curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in...
(Moore, 1885) - Phostria persiusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria phaennisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria phryganurus (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer in C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Phostria purpuralis (Druce, 1895)
- Phostria purpureonitens Hampson, 1918
- Phostria radicalis (Walker, 1866)
- Phostria rufalis (Schaus, 1912)
- Phostria rutilalis (Walker, 1869)
- Phostria samealis (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria schediusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria sexguttata (Holland, 1920)
- Phostria soricalis (Snellen, 1899)
- Phostria syleptalis (Strand, 1918)
- Phostria tedea (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1780)
- Phostria temira (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
- Phostria tetrastictalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria tridentalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria truncatalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Phostria varialis
- Phostria vitrifera
- Phostria xanthoproctalis Hampson, 1918
- Phostria xipharesalis (Walker, 1859)