Suhela
Genus of moths
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Suhela is a genus of moths in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.
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| Suhela | |
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| Suhela alboflavalis, male imago | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Agroterini |
| Genus: | Suhela Singh, Ranjan, Kirti & Chandra, 2022[1] |
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Distribution
Species
- Suhela alboflavalis (Moore, 1888)
- Suhela cuneus Rao, Sivaperuman & Mally, 2024[3]
Nomenclature and systematics
The type species of Suhela, S. alboflavalis, was originally described by Frederic Moore, who placed it in the genus Conogethes.[4]: 220 Later, the species was placed in Pycnarmon,[5] until it was eventually discovered that it fits in neither of the two genera nor in any other described genus in Spilomelinae, so that Suhela was described to harbour the species.[6]
Suhela resembles Tylostega in several morphological characters in the adults, such as a similar wing pattern, a field of long scales on the underside of the male forewing, labial palps that are curved and upturned, and generally similar male and female genitalia.[3]
The genus is placed in the tribe Agroterini based on the upturned labial palpi, and in the male genitalia the truncate uncus bearing simple chaetae.[6]
Suhela is named after S. Suhel Singh Gill, an Indian social reformist and the great-grandfather of the first author of the publication establishing the genus name, Navneet Singh.[6]