Mabra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the tribe Portentomorphini of the subfamily Pyraustinae.[2] The nine species of the genus are mainly distributed in tropical Asia, but M. metallescens and M. russoi are found in tropical Central and South America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Mabra Moore, 1885[1] |
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The larval host plant is known for only one species, M. eryxalis, which feeds on Phyllanthus urinaria in the Phyllanthaceae family.[3]
Species edit
- Mabra elephantophila Bänziger, 1985
- Mabra eryxalis (Walker, 1859)
- Mabra fauculalis Walker, 1859
- Mabra fuscipennalis Hampson, 1897
- Mabra haematophaga Bänziger, 1985
- Mabra lacriphaga Bänziger, 1985
- Mabra metallescens (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Mabra nigriscripta Swinhoe, 1895
- Mabra russoi Schaus, 1940
Former species edit
- Mabra charonialis (Walker, 1859), now placed in Dolicharthria
- Mabra garzettalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), now placed in Blepharomastix
References edit
- ^ 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)". Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ Matsui, Yuki; Mally, Richard; Kohama, Sari; Aoki, Itsuzai; Azuma, Masaaki; Naka, Hideshi (2022). "Molecular phylogenetics and tribal classification of Japanese Pyraustinae and Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 54: 77–106. doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10037. S2CID 251511500.
- ^ Tominaga, S. (2010). "Hostplants of three pyraustine species observed in Okinawa-jima Is., Okinawa Pref". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 258. Tokyo: 189–191.
- Crambidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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