Chrysoteuchia

Chrysoteuchia
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Chrysoteuchia
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms
  • Amphibolia Snellen, 1884
  • Veronese Bleszynski, 1962

Chrysoteuchia is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. Most are native to Asia.[2]

The Cranberry Girdler (C. topiarius) is a pest of turfgrasses in North America. It also attacks cranberry and fir.[3]

There were about 30 species in the genus as of 2010.[2]

Species

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Li, H. and W. Li. (2010). Four new species of the genus Chrysoteuchia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China. Zootaxa 2485, 33-46.
  3. Hodgson, E. R. and A. H. Roe. Cranberry girdler. Utah Pests Fact Sheet. Utah State University Extension. 2007.
  4. Li, W. and D. Liu. (2012). Chrysoteuchia ningensis sp. n., a new pyralid moth (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from China. Entomologica Fennica 23(2) 102-06.
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