Charltona

Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), clothed with rough hair, and projecting about one and a half times the length of the head. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with hair. Frons rounded. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Wings long and narrow. Forewings with rectangular apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated with veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and approximated for a short distance. Vein 6 absent and vein 7 anastomosing (fused) with vein 8.^[2]

Species

• Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona argyrastis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona ariadna Błeszyński, 1970
• Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona bivitellus (Moore, 1872)
• Charltona cervinellus (Moore, 1872) (including C. interruptellus, which may be distinct)
• Charltona chrysopasta Hampson, 1910
• Charltona cramboides (Walker, 1865)
• Charltona desistalis (Walker, 1863)
• Charltona diatraeella (Hampson, 1896)
• Charltona endothermalis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona fusca Hampson, 1903
• Charltona inconspicuellus (Moore, 1872)
• Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona kala C. Swinhoe, 1886
• Charltona laminata Hampson, 1896
• Charltona ortellus (C. Swinhoe, 1887)
• Charltona plurivittalis Hampson, 1910
• Charltona rufalis Hampson, 1919
• Charltona synaula Meyrick, 1933
• Charltona trichialis (Hampson, 1903)
• Charltona tritonella (Hampson, 1898)

Status unclear

• Charltona consociellus (Walker, 1863)

References

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