Laniifera

Laniifera is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.[1] The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1899 with Pachynoa cyclades Druce, 1895 as type species.[2]:184

Laniifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Subfamily:
Spilomelinae
Tribe:
Asciodini
Genus:
Laniifera

The caterpillars of Laniifera cyclades feed on Opuntia (prickly pear cactuses) and are considered a pest of commercially grown Opuntia species.[3]

The genus with its two species is distributed in Mexico, the southern USA (Arizona, Texas) and the Dominican Republic.[4]:75[5]

Species
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References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. Hampson, George Francis (1899). "A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae. Part II". Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London. 1899 (1): 172–291.
  3. Heiman, Maury J. (July 25, 2018). "Species Laniifera cyclades - Hodges#5236". BugGuide. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  4. Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-feeding insects and mites". United States National Museum Bulletin. Washington, D. C. 256: i–xii, 1–158.
  5. Hayden, James E. (2020). "A new Laniifera species from the Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". Annals of Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh. 86 (1): 37–42. doi:10.2992/007.086.0102.


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