Hydropionea
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| Hydropionea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Glaphyriinae |
| Genus: | Hydropionea Hampson, 1917[1] |
Hydropionea is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The 13 described species are distributed in Central and South America.[2]
The genus was formerly treated in Spilomelinae,[2] but it is now placed in Glaphyriinae.[3]
The larvae are found to feed on Capparis uniflora (Capparaceae),[4] which fits with the general feeding habit of the subfamily Glaphyriinae of feeding on Brassicales.[5]
