Lathrotelinae
| Crambidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| (unranked): | Obtectomera |
| Superfamily: | Pyraloidea |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Lathrotelinae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971 |
| Genera | |
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Diplopseustis Meyrick, 1884 | |
Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae. It currently comprises 37 species in four genera.[1]
Until recently, Lathrotelinae have been treated within the subfamily Spilomelinae. However, recent studies[2][3] concluded that Lathroteles obscura J.F.G Clarke, 1971 and several other species are misplaced in Spilomelinae and require a separate subfamily. According to the ICZN's Principle of Priority, the family-group name Lathrotelidae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971 applies to this subfamily.
Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing outline, the absent chaetosemata on the imaginal head, the completely reduced gnathos, and the male genitalia's aedeagus with a strongly spiculose 'manica' on its posterior end.[2][3] Lathrotelinae are suggested to be closely related to Acentropinae based on two synapomorphies in the second sternum of the abdomen,[3] but no phylogenetic analysis has been undertaken investigating this hypothesis.
Little is known on the larval stage of Lathrotelinae. The few known larvae feed on monocotyledon plants[3][4] and are occasionally found as pest species on oil palms and sugarcane.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M., B. Landry, R. Mally, F. Vegliante, A. Tränkner, F. Bauer, J. Hayden, A. Segerer, R. Schouten, H. Li, T. Trofimova, M. A. Solis, J. De Prins & W. Speidel 2003–2015: Global Information System on Pyraloidea.
- 1 2 Hayden, J. E. 2013: Sufetula Walker in Florida (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). – Insecta Mundi, Gainesville, Florida 296: 1–15.
- 1 2 3 4 Minet, J. 2015: Lathrotelidae Clarke, 1971: a rehabilitated name deserving subfamily rank (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). – Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, Paris 120 (1): 109–112.
- ↑ Patrick, B. H. 1994: Antipodes Island Lepidoptera. – Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24 (1): 91–116.
- ↑ Seín 1930: The sugar cane root caterpillar and other new root pests in Puerto Rico. – Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico, Rio Piedras 14 (3): 167–191, pl. 20–29.
- ↑ Genty, P. & D. Mariau 1975: Morphologie et biologie du Pyralidae des racines de l'Elaeis, Sufetula diminutalis. – Oléagineux 30 (4): 147–152.