Elasmopalpus
Appearance
Elasmopalpus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
Genus: | Elasmopalpus C. É. Blanchard, 1852[1] |
Elasmopalpus is a snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae described by Émile Blanchard in 1852. The genus is restricted to the Americas and currently comprises three species:[1] the type species E. angustellus, described by Blanchard together with the genus, E. corrientellus Ragonot, 1888, and E. lignosellus (Zeller, 1848), a pest species of Poaceae and Fabaceae crops that is widespread throughout the Americas. Elasmopalpus is considered to be closely related to the genus Ufa.[2]: 170
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2023). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Heinrich, Carl (1956). "American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae" (PDF). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207. Washington, D.C.: i–viii, 1–581.