Thopeutis

Thopeutis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Haimbachiini
Genus: Thopeutis
Hübner, 1818[1]
Synonyms
  • Cephis Ragonot in Staudinger, 1892
  • Hombergia Joannis, 1910
  • Stenochilo Hampson, 1896
  • Tetrachila Hübner, 1808
  • Topeutis Hübner, 1825

Thopeutis is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae, tribe Haimbachiini. Some authors have placed it in the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

Species

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
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