Gargela is a genus of moths in the subfamily Crambinae of the family Crambidae. The genus currently comprises 22 Austral-Asian species, of which the majority has been described in recent years.[2][3] Many species remain to be described, with their total number probably being around 40 species.[4]

Gargela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Diptychophorini
Genus: Gargela
Walker, 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Mixophyla Meyrick, 1887
  • Angonia Snellen, 1893
  • Mixophila Hampson, 1896

Species edit

References edit

  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 (2003–2019). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  2. ^ Song, Shi-Mei; Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (2009). "A review of the genus Gargela Walker in China, with descriptions of ten new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Crambinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2090: 40–56.
  3. ^ Yang, Jing-Bo; Jie, Lu-Lan; Li, Weichun (2019). "Notes on the genus Gargela (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), with descriptions of two new species from China". Journal of Natural History. 53 (33–34): 2099–2104. doi:10.1080/00222933.2019.1692087.
  4. ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Tuck, Kevin R.; Shaffer, Michael (1994). A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. pp. 1–309. ISBN 9839681133.