Evergestis

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Evergestis
Evergestis limbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Evergestinae
Genus: Evergestis
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms
  • Aedis Grote, 1878
  • Paraedis Grote, 1882
  • Paroedis Hampson, 1899
  • Euergestis Warren, 1892
  • Euergestis Rebel, 1906-07
  • Homochroa Hübner, 1825
  • Maelinoptera Staudinger, 1893
  • Mesographe Hübner, 1825
  • Orobena Guenée, 1854
  • Pachyzancloides Matsumura, 1925
  • Pionea Duponchel, 1845
  • Reskovitsia Szent-Ivány, 1942
  • Scopolia Hübner, 1825

Evergestis is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.

A number of species are pests, including the Cross-striped Cabbageworm (E. rimosalis), a pest of cole crops such as cabbage.[2]

Species

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
  2. Sparks, A. and D. G. Riley. Cross-Striped Cabbageworm. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The University of Georgia. 2008.

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