Chilo (moth)
| Chilo | |
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| Chilo phragmitella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Genus: | Chilo Zincken, 1817[1] |
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Chilo is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. Some of these moths are called borers.
Description
Proboscis absent. Palpi porrect, clothes with rough hair, and extending from two and a half to three length of head. Maxillary palp dilated with scales at extremity. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae minutely serrate and ciliated. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Fore wings with the apex rectangular in male, typically acute and produced in female. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4,5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated from veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4,5 from angle and veins 6,7 from upper angle.[2]
Species
- Chilo agamemnon Bleszynski, 1962
- Chilo aleniella (Strand, 1913)
- Chilo argyrogramma Hampson, 1919
- Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905
- Chilo bandra (Kapur, 1950)
- Chilo batri (Fletcher, 1928)
- Chilo ceylonica Hampson, 1896
- Chilo chiriquitensis (Zeller, 1877)
- Chilo christophi Bleszynski, 1965
- Chilo cinnamomellus Berg, 1875
- Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo crypsimetalla (Turner, 1911)
- Chilo dailingensis Wang & Sung, 1981
- Chilo demotellus Walker, 1866
- Chilo diffusilinea (Joannis, 1927)
- Chilo erianthalis Capps, 1963
- Chilo flavirufalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo heracleus Zeller, 1877
- Chilo ikri (Fletcher, 1928)
- Chilo incerta (Sjöstedt, 1926)
- Chilo infuscatellus Snellen, 1890
- Chilo ingloriellus Möschler, 1882
- Chilo kanra (Fletcher, 1928)
- Chilo leucealis (Marion, 1957)
- Chilo ingulatellus Wang & Sung, 1981
- Chilo louisiadalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo luniferalis Hampson, 1896
- Chilo luteellus (Motschulsky 1866)
- Chilo mercatorius Bleszynski, 1970
- Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo niponella (Thunberg, 1788)
- Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911)
- Chilo panici Wang & Sung, 1981
- Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885)
- Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo phragmitella (Hübner, 1805)
- Chilo plejadellus Zincken, 1821
- Chilo polychrysus (Meyrick, 1932)
- Chilo prophylactes Meyrick, 1934
- Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo pulverata (Wileman & South, 1917)
- Chilo pulverosellus Ragonot 1895
- Chilo quirimbellus Bleszynski, 1970
- Chilo recalvus (Wallengren, 1876)
- Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer et al., 1856)
- Chilo spatiosellus Möschler, 1882
- Chilo subbivittalis (Gaede, 1917)
- Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1860)
- Chilo tamsi Kapur, 1950
- Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher, 1900
- Chilo thyrsis Bleszynski, 1963
- Chilo tumidicostalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Chilo vergilius Bleszynski, 1970
- Chilo yichunensis Wang & Sung, 1981
- Chilo zacconius Bleszynski, 1970
- Chilo zizaniae Wang & Sung, 1981
- Chilo zoriandellus Bleszynski, 1970
Status unclear
- Chilo decrepitellus Zincken, 1821 [nomen oblitum], described from Germany
Former species
- Chilo williami (Joannis, 1927)
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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