Udea

Udea
Udea rubigalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Udeini
Genus: Udea
Guenée in Duponchel, 1845[1]
Synonyms
  • Melanomecyna Butler, 1883
  • Notophytis Meyrick, 1932
  • Protaulacistis Meyrick, 1899
  • Protocolletis Meyrick, 1888
  • Stantira Walker, 1863

Udea is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845.[2] The currently known 216 species are present on all continents except Antarctica.[1] About 41 species are native to Hawaii.[3]

  1. ^ 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)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Udea Guenée, 1845". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Mally, Richard; Nuss, Matthias (2011). "Molecular and morphological phylogeny of European Udea moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 69 (1): 55–71.