Almonia
| Almonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Almonia Walker, 1866 |
Almonia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Classification
[edit | edit source]The Crambidae are the grass moth family of (butterflies and moths).[1] They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly colored and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.
In many classifications, the Crambidae have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae or snout-moths. The principal difference is a structure in the ears called the praecinctorium, which joins two tympanic membranes in the Crambidae, and is absent from the Pyralidae. It would seem to be a matter of personal opinion (therefore not susceptible to definitive decision) whether this distinction merits division into two families, or whether the common presence of ventrally-located ears should unify them into one family. The latest review by Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Almonia atratalis Rothschild, 1915
- Almonia truncatalis Walker, [1866][3]
Former species
[edit | edit source]- Almonia cristata (Hampson, 1891)
- Almonia lobipennis (Moore, 1886)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Almonia at Wikispecies
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