Protepicorsia
Encyclopedia
Protepicorsia 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
- Protepicorsia agraptalis (Dognin, 1903)
- Protepicorsia albipennis (Dognin, 1903)
- Protepicorsia bicolor Munroe, 1964
- Protepicorsia costalis (Dognin, 1903)
- Protepicorsia ectoxanthia (Hampson, 1899)
- Protepicorsia flavidalis (Hampson, 1913)
- Protepicorsia latimarginalis Munroe, 1964
- Protepicorsia maculifera Munroe, 1964
- Protepicorsia magnifovealis (Hampson, 1918)
- Protepicorsia pozuzoa Munroe, 1964
- Protepicorsia quincemila Munroe, 1978
- Protepicorsia sordida Munroe, 1978
- Protepicorsia thyriphora (Hampson, 1899)