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Genus of moths

Chrysoteuchia
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Chrysoteuchia
Hübner, 1825
Synonyms
  • Amphibolia Snellen, 1884
  • Veronese Bleszynski, 1962

Chrysoteuchia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Most are native to Asia.

The cranberry girdler (C. topiarius) is a pest of turfgrasses in North America. It also attacks cranberry and fir.

There were about thirty species in the genus as of 2010.

Species

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. ^ Li, Houhun; Li, Weichun (2010). "Four new species of the genus Chrysoteuchia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China". Zootaxa. 2485: 33–46. doi:10.5281/zenodo.195505.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Chrysoteuchia


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