Aulacodes

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Aulacodes
Aulacodes lunalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Genus: Aulacodes
Guenée, 1854[1]
Synonyms
  • Hydrophysa Guenée, 1854

Aulacodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

Species

Former species

  • Aulacodes hamalis
    Snellen, 1875

Furthermore, "A." eupselias was erroneously assigned to this genus at first; it is actually not very closely related by grass moth standards and nowadays placed in the

monotypic genus Marasmianympha
.

References

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 28, 2018.