Niphopyralis

Niphopyralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Wurthiinae; Roepke, 1916
Genus:	Niphopyralis; Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
	Wurthia Roepke, 1916;

Niphopyralis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae and the only genus of the Wurthiinae subfamily.

Description

The palpi are upturned, smoothly scaled, and hardly reaching vertex of the head. Maxillary palpi minute. Frons rounded. Antennae of male bipectinate. Tibia with nearly equal spurs. Forewings short and rounded. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 from angle. Vein 7 well separated from veins 8 and 9. Veins 10 and 11 free. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from angle of cell and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.^[1]

Species

Niphopyralis albida Hampson, 1893
Niphopyralis aurivillii (Kemner, 1923)
Niphopyralis chionesis Hampson, 1919
Niphopyralis contaminata Hampson, 1893
Niphopyralis discipunctalis Hampson, 1919
Niphopyralis myrmecophila (Roepke, 1916)
Niphopyralis nivalis Hampson, 1893
Niphopyralis suffidalis Swinhoe, 1895

References

↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.