Ategumia
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| Ategumia | |
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| Adult male of Ategumia adipalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Nomophilini |
| Genus: | Ategumia Amsel, 1956[1] |
Ategumia is a genus of moths in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.
Although the majority of species (including the type species A. matutinalis) placed in this genus are distributed in the Americas, three species are described from the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, namely A. adipalis, A. fatualis and A. geographicalis.[1]