Salbia
Encyclopedia
Salbia 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
- Salbia abnormalis
- Salbia ancidalis (Snellen, 1875)
- Salbia cassidalis Guenée, 1854
- Salbia cognatalis
- Salbia deformalis
- Salbia ecphaea (Hampson, 1912)
- Salbia endolasea (Hampson, 1912)
- Salbia extensalis Dognin, 1911
- Salbia flabellalis
- Salbia grisealis (Hampson, 1918)
- Salbia haemorrhoidalisSalbia haemorrhoidalisThe Lantana Leaftier is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is native to South America, Central America, the Antilles and the southern United States, but has been introduced in Hawaii in 1956 and Queensland in 1958 to control Lantana.The larvae feed on the flowers of Lantana species.-External...
Guenée, 1854 - Salbia illectalis Walker, 1859
- Salbia interruptalis (Amsel, 1956)
- Salbia lenalis Walker, 1859
- Salbia lophoceralis
- Salbia lotanalis Druce, 1899
- Salbia melanobathrum (Dyar, 1914)
- Salbia melanolopha
- Salbia midalis (Schaus, 1924)
- Salbia minimalis (Amsel, 1956)
- Salbia mizaralis (Druce, 1899)
- Salbia munroealis
- Salbia nebulosalis
- Salbia pachyceralis (Hampson, 1917)
- Salbia pepitalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Salbia plicata (Hampson, 1912)
- Salbia sciagraphalis (Dyar, 1914)
- Salbia seriopunctalis (Hampson, 1895)
- Salbia subnebulosalis
- Salbia thyrsonoma
- Salbia torsalis
- Salbia tremulalis (Druce, 1899)
- Salbia tytiusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Salbia varanalis (Schaus, 1940)
- Salbia zena (Druce, 1902)