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Crambidae

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Crambidae is a family of moths commonly known as grass moths or crambid snout moths, comprising roughly 10,347 species in over 1,000 genera divided into fifteen subfamilies. The nominal subfamily Crambinae rests folded closely against grass stems and is correspondingly inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly colored and patterned species that rest with wings spread. The family is distinguished from the closely related Pyralidae by a structure called the praecinctorium, which connects the two tympanic membranes of the tympanal organ and is absent in Pyralidae. Crambidae was historically treated as a subfamily of Pyralidae, but the classification of Munroe and Solis, now widely followed, recognizes it as a distinct family. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Crambidae
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Source Archernis fulvalis (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
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2. Crambidae (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
  • In Group: Moth Families, Lead
    Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans.
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Wikidata: Crambidae
Wikidata Q132980, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Archernis fulvalis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Archernis fulvalis, Introduction
Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Archernis fulvalis, Introduction
Archernis fulvalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.
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