Peniculimius

Genus of moths

Peniculimius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Diptychophorini
Genus: Peniculimius
Schouten, 1994[1]

Peniculimius is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Crambinae; its relationships within the latter group remain obscure. 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

  • Peniculimius acehi Schouten, 1994
  • Peniculimius api Schouten, 1994
  • Peniculimius captus Schouten, 1994
  • Peniculimius crassus Schouten, 1994
  • Peniculimius fructus Schouten, 1994
  • Peniculimius marginata Gaskin, 1974
  • Peniculimius moorei Gaskin, 1974
  • Peniculimius ravus Schouten, 1994

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
Taxon identifiers
Peniculimius


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