Chrysoteuchia

<i>Chrysoteuchia</i>

Chrysoteuchia

Genus of moths


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

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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


References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. Hodgson, E. R. and A. H. Roe. Cranberry girdler. Utah Pests Fact Sheet. Utah State University Extension. 2007.
  3. Li, W. and D. Liu. (2012). Chrysoteuchia ningensis sp. n., a new pyralid moth (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from China. Entomologica Fennica 23(2) 102-06.



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