Acentropinae

Acentropinae
Elophila nymphaeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Obtectomera
Superfamily: Pyraloidea
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Stephens, 1836[1]
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Acentridae A. Speyer, 1869
  • Acentropodidae Dunning, 1872
  • Aquaticae Hübner, 1796
  • Argyractini Lange, 1956
  • Cataclystae Hübner, 1825
  • Chloephila Guilding, 1830
  • Elophilae Hübner, 1825
  • Kamptoptera Guilding, 1830
  • Lathrotelidae J. F. G. Clarke, 1971
  • Nymphulae Hübner, 1825
  • Nymphulites Duponchel, 1845
  • Hydrocampidae Guenée, 1854
  • Parapoynges Hübner, 1825

Acentropinae is a fairly small subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. Species of this subfamily are exclusively found in wetlands and aquatic habitats.

Systematics

In modern treatments, the former subfamily Nymphulinae is mostly treated as a tribe within Acentropinae. There are about 730 species in 78 genera. Only 13 species in six genera are found in Europe.

Former genera

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Acentropinae
  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2013-01-11.

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See also

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