Nagiella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was established by Eugene G. Munroe in 1964 as a replacement name for Nagia Walker, 1866, a name that was preoccupied by Nagia Walker, 1858 in the Lepidoptera family Erebidae.

Nagiella
Nagiella inferior, imago
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Agroterini
Genus: Nagiella
Munroe, 1976[1]
Synonyms
  • Nagia Walker, 1866

Distribution

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The six species of Nagiella are distributed in East and Southeast Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent.[1]

Larval foodplants

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The caterpillars of Nagiella inferior have been recorded on Coffea liberica in the Rubiaceae family.[2]

Species

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Systematics

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In the past, the genus was considered a synonym of Pleuroptya, until in 2017 a taxonomic revision showed that Nagiella is not identical with Pleuroptya and was reinstated as a valid genus.[4]

Nagiella is placed in the tribe Agroterini of the subfamily Spilomelinae.[6]

The type species, Nagia desmialis Walker, 1865, is now considered a synonym of Nagiella quadrimaculalis (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844), which was described earlier and therefore has priority over the younger name.[1]

References

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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 (2003–2021). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  2. ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum. London. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ^ Lu, Xiao-Qiang; Du, Xi-Cui (2020). "Revision of Nagiella Munroe (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with the description of a new species from China". ZooKeys (964): 143–159. doi:10.3897/zookeys.964.55703. PMC 7471130. PMID 32939150.
  4. ^ a b Ullah, Misbah; Yang, Zhaofu; Qiao, Pingping; Zhang, Yalin (2017). "A new cryptic species of Nagiella Munroe from China revealed by DNA barcodes and morphological evidence (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae)". ZooKeys (679): 65–76. doi:10.3897/zookeys.679.11960. PMC 5523397. PMID 28769709.
  5. ^ Matsui, Y.; Naka, H.; Jinbo, U. (2021). "DNA barcoding and morphology reveal a new cryptic species of Nagiella (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from Japan". ZooKeys (1023): 171–192. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1023.60934. PMC 7973066. PMID 33776519.
  6. ^ Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.