Lathroteles


Lathroteles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Lathrotelinae
Genus: Lathroteles
J. F. G. Clarke, 1971[1]

Lathroteles is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It contains only one species, Lathroteles obscura J. F. G. Clarke, 1971, which is found on Rapa Iti in French Polynesia.

Lathroteles is the nominate genus of the subfamily Lathrotelinae.

  1. ^ 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 (2003–2022). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2022-09-06.