Mabra
Genus of moths
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Mabra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the tribe Portentomorphini of the subfamily Pyraustinae.[2] The nine species of the genus are mainly distributed in tropical Asia, but M. metallescens and M. russoi are found in tropical Central and South America.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Mabra Moore, 1885[1] |
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The larval host plant is known for only one species, M. eryxalis, which feeds on Phyllanthus urinaria in the Phyllanthaceae family.[3]
Species
- Mabra elephantophila Bänziger, 1985
- Mabra eryxalis (Walker, 1859)
- Mabra fauculalis Walker, 1859
- Mabra fuscipennalis Hampson, 1897
- Mabra haematophaga Bänziger, 1985
- Mabra lacriphaga Bänziger, 1985
- Mabra metallescens (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Mabra nigriscripta Swinhoe, 1895
- Mabra russoi Schaus, 1940
Former species
- Mabra charonialis (Walker, 1859), now placed in Dolicharthria
- Mabra garzettalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), now placed in Blepharomastix
