Evergestis

Evergestis
Evergestis limbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Evergestinae
Genus: Evergestis
Synonyms
  • Aedis Grote, 1878
  • Paraedis Grote, 1882
  • Paroedis Hampson, 1899
  • Euergestis Warren, 1892
  • Euergestis Rebel, 1906-07
  • Homochroa Hübner, 1825
  • Maelinoptera Staudinger, 1893
  • Mesographe Hübner, 1825
  • Orobena Guenée, 1854
  • Pachyzancloides Matsumura, 1925
  • Pionea Duponchel, 1845
  • Reskovitsia Szent-Ivány, 1942
  • Scopolia Hübner, 1825

Evergestis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. A number of species are pests, including the cross-striped cabbageworm (E. rimosalis), a pest of cole crops such as cabbage.[2]

Species


Former species

Status unclear

  • Evergestis bilinealis

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  2. Sparks, A. and D. G. Riley. Cross-Striped Cabbageworm. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The University of Georgia. 2008.
  • Maes, K.V.N., 2011: New Crambidae from the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Lambillionea 111 (3) Tome 1: 241-248.
  • Nuss, M., 1998: The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region- a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 17 Suppl.: 475-528.
  • Nuss, M., 2005: Revision of Evergestis anartalis (Staudinger, 1892) comb. rev. from Central Asia (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Evergestinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 28 (1): 17-23. Full article: .
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Evergestis Hübner, 1825". Afromoths. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  • Media related to Evergestis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Evergestis at Wikispecies


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