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Chrysoteuchia

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Chrysoteuchia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Most are native to Asia.[2]

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Chrysoteuchia
Chrysoteuchia culmella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Chrysoteuchia
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms
  • Amphibolia Snellen, 1884
  • Veronese Bleszynski, 1962
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The cranberry girdler (C. topiarius) is a pest of turfgrasses in North America. It also attacks cranberry and fir.[3]

There were about thirty species in the genus as of 2010.[2]

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