MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Pyralidae: Crambinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
This subfamily CRAMBINAE possess characteristic wide, forward-projecting palps and
rest with their wings
curled tightly around their bodies. The wings often have longitudinal striping
(Scoble 1992). Larvae
feed internally as stem-borers on grasses and other monocotyledonous plants - many
species are pests on
sugarcane, rice and other narrow-leaved crops. Heppner (1995) lists 535 named species
in this subfamily from the Neotropics.
JAMAICAN SPECIES
I catalogue 12 species of this subfamily from Jamaica. Click on any underlined
species name to go to a colour
illustration of the adult, where available, and brief information on
the species.
The genus Fissicrambus
Fissicrambus curtellus Walker 1863
Fissicrambus profanellus Walker 1866
The genus Crambus
Crambus coccophthorus Bleszynski 1962
The genus Diatraea
Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius 1799
The genus Prionapteryx
Prionapteryx eugraphis Walker 1863
The genus Mesolia
Mesolia jamaicensis Hampson 1919
The genus Microcausta
Microcausta argenticilia Hampson 1919
The genus Donacoscaptes
Donacoscaptes micralis Hampson 1919
The genus Pediasia
Pediasia luteolella ssp. refotalis Hulst 1886
The genus Parapediasia
Parapediasia ligonella Zeller 1881
The genus Microcrambus
Microcrambus atristrigellus Hampson 1919
The genus Argyria
Argyria vestalis Butler 1878
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