Midilinae

Subfamily of moths

Midilinae

Midila lamia
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Crambidae
Subfamily:  | Midilinae
Munroe, 1958

Midilinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1958.[2] The 11 genera altogether comprise 59 species, with the majority of them occurring in the Neotropical realm, whereas the species of the genera Dolichobela and Styphlolepis are found in Australia.[2]

## Genera[edit]

The following genera are classified in the subfamily Midilinae:

* Cacographis Lederer, 1863 (= Zazanisa Walker, 1865)
* Dismidila Dyar, 1914
* Dolichobela Turner, 1932
* Eupastranaia Becker, 1973 (= Pastranaia Munroe, 1970)
* Gonothyris Hampson, 1896
* Hositea Dyar, 1910
* Midila Walker, 1859 (= Singamia Möschler, 1882, Tetraphana Ragonot, 1891)
* Odilla Schaus, 1940
* Phryganomima Hampson, 1917
* Pycnarmodes Becker, 2022[3]
* Styphlolepis Hampson, 1896

## References[edit]

1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
2. ^ 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 (2003–2021). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2021-06-25.
3. ^ Becker, V. O. (2022-06-30). "Notes on the Neotropical Midilinae, with description of one new genus and two new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (198): 295–301. doi:10.57065/shilap.138. ISSN 2340-4078.

* Hayden, J.E., 2012: Revision of Odilla noralis Schaus and Transfer of Erupini to Midilinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 80 (4): 309–322. Abstract: doi:10.2992/007.080.0402
* Regier, J.C. et al., 2012: A molecular phylogeny for the pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher-level classification. Systematic Entomology 37 (4): 635–656. Abstract: doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00641.x.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q18087937
* Wikispecies: Midilinae
* AFD: Midilinae
* BioLib: 1100977
* CoL: 93MXV
* iNaturalist: 122950
* NCBI: 299373

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