Hoploscopa

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Hoploscopa
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Hoploscopa

Synonyms
  • Haploscopa Hampson, 1897 (misspelling)
  • Syncrotaula Meyrick, 1933
  • Eudorina Snellen, 1895

Hoploscopa is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Hoploscopinae of the family Crambidae.[2] The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886, with Hoploscopa astrapias as type species.[1]

A recent taxonomic study using morphology and DNA data described an additional 26 species,[3] so that the genus currently comprises 42 species.[1] At least 30 more species await scientific description.[3]

The caterpillars are reported to feed on ferns.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b c 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 (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. ^ Nuss, Matthias (1998). "The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region – a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra". Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo. 17 (Suppl): 475–528.
  3. ^ a b c Léger, Théo; Kehlmaier, Christian; Vairappan, Charles S.; Nuss, M (2020). "Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding". ZooKeys (907): 1–99. doi:10.3897/zookeys.907.36563. PMC 7002455. PMID 32063727.
  4. ^ Mally, Richard; Léger, Théo; Vairappan, Charles S.; Sutton, Stephen; Nuss, Matthias (2017). "Discovery of another fern-feeding group of moths: the larvae of Hoploscopini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from Borneo" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 65: 100–108.