Loxostege is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Loxostege
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Loxostege
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms
  • Boreophila Duponchel, 1845
  • Cosmocreon Warren, 1892
  • Leimonia Hübner, 1825
  • Limonia J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847
  • Margaritia Stephens, 1827
  • Parasitochroa Hannemann, 1964
  • Maroa Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
  • Meridiophila Marion, 1963
  • Polingia Barnes & McDunnough, 1914

Species edit

Status unclear edit

  • Loxostege pallidalis (Haworth, 1811), described as Pyralis pallidalis from Great Britain.

Former species edit

References edit

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

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