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Chrysoteuchia

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Chrysoteuchia
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Chrysoteuchia
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms
  • Amphibolia Snellen, 1884
  • Veronese Bleszynski, 1962

Chrysoteuchia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Most are native to Asia.[2]

The cranberry girdler (C. topiarius) is a pest of turfgrasses in North America. It also attacks cranberry and fir.[3]

There were about thirty species in the genus as of 2010.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Li, Houhun; Li, Weichun (2010). "Four new species of the genus Chrysoteuchia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China". Zootaxa. 2485: 33–46. doi:10.5281/zenodo.195505.
  3. ^ Hodgson, E. R. and A. H. Roe. Cranberry girdler. Utah Pests Fact Sheet. Utah State University Extension. 2007.
  4. ^ Li, W. and D. Liu. (2012). Chrysoteuchia ningensis sp. n., a new pyralid moth (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from China. Entomologica Fennica 23(2) 102-06.