Charltona

Charltona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Charltona; C. Swinhoe, 1886
Synonyms
	Charltonia Hua, 2005;

Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), clothed with rough hair, and projecting about one and a half times the length of the head. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with hair. Frons rounded. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Wings long and narrow. Forewings with rectangular apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated with veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and approximated for a short distance. Vein 6 absent and vein 7 anastomosing (fused) with vein 8.^[2]

Species

Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919
Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona argyrastis Hampson, 1919
Charltona ariadna Błeszyński, 1970
Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919
Charltona bivitellus (Moore, 1872)
Charltona cervinellus (Moore, 1872) (including C. interruptellus, which may be distinct)
Charltona chrysopasta Hampson, 1910
Charltona cramboides (Walker, 1865)
Charltona desistalis (Walker, 1863)
Charltona diatraeella (Hampson, 1896)
Charltona endothermalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona fusca Hampson, 1903
Charltona inconspicuellus (Moore, 1872)
Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona kala C. Swinhoe, 1886
Charltona laminata Hampson, 1896
Charltona ortellus (C. Swinhoe, 1887)
Charltona plurivittalis Hampson, 1910
Charltona rufalis Hampson, 1919
Charltona synaula Meyrick, 1933
Charltona trichialis (Hampson, 1903)
Charltona tritonella (Hampson, 1898)

Status unclear

Charltona consociellus (Walker, 1863)

References

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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