Charitoprepes
Genus of moths
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charitoprepes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the species-rich tribe Margaroniini in the subfamily Spilomelinae.[2]
| Charitoprepes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Margaroniini |
| Genus: | Charitoprepes Warren, 1896[1] |
| Type species | |
| Charitoprepes lubricosa Warren, 1896 | |
The genus currently contains three species:
- C. lubricosa Warren, 1896, the type species of the genus; it is known from the Indian Khasi Hills, Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan;[3][4][5]
- C. apicipicta (Inoue, 1963), occurring in China, Japan and Korea;[5][6][7]
- C. aciculata Huang & Du, 2023, which is so far only known from the southern Chinese Hainan and Yunnan provinces.[5]