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Pyraloidea
Crambidae of Costa Rica
Crambid Snout Moths Zünsler
Acentropinae
Acentropinae sp.1
1
Acentropinae sp.2
2
Acentropinae sp.3
3
Acentropinae sp.4
4
Argyracis parissimalis
5
Argyracis puralis
6
Argyractoides albibasalis
7
Argyractoides leucogonialis
8
Argyractoides lucianalis
9
Argyractoides nitens
10
Argyractoides volcanalis
11
Aulacodes delicata
12
Aulacodes hodevalis
13
Aulacodes pulcherialis
14
Aulacodes traversalis
15
Chrysendeton autobella
16
Chrysendeton BioLep479
17
Chrysendeton cumalis
18
Elophila fluvialis
19
Elophila obliteralis
20
Neargyractis alemundalis
21
Oligostigmoides profusalis
22
Oxyelophila harpalis
23
Oxyelophila Janzen366
24
Oxyelophila necomalis
25
Oxyelophila puralis
26
Parapoynx allionalis
27
Parapoynx diminutalis
28
Parapoynx seminealis
29
Petrophila altamira
30
Petrophila amethystina
31
Petrophila auspicatalis
32
Petrophila cathanalis
33
Petrophila complicatalis
34
Petrophila cronalis
35
Petrophila darsanialis
36
Petrophila esperanzalis
37
Petrophila mignonalis
38
Petrophila parvissimalis
39
Petrophila peraltalis
40
Petrophila sanramon
41
Petrophila sp.
42
Petrophila tapanti
43
Petrophila tristalis
44
Petrophila triumphalis
45
Petrophila veragua
46
Usingeriessa onyxalis
47
Usingeriessa symphonalis
48
Crambinae
Micrelephas chalybeus
49
Micrelephas helenae
50
Micrelephas pictella
51
Crambinae / Argyriini
Argyria centrifugens
52
Argyria croceivittella
53
Argyria divisella
54
Argyria insons
55
Argyria lacteella
56
Argyria schausella
57
Catharylla mayrabonillae
58
Crambinae / Chiloini
Diatraea fuscella
59
Diatraea lineolata
60
Diatraea saccharalis
61
Diatraea tabernella
62
Myelobia smerintha
63
Myelobia vinasella
64
Crambinae / Crambini
Crambini sp.1
65
Crambini sp.2
66
Crambus albifrons
67
Crambus pavidellus
68
Crambus quinquareatus
69
Fissicrambus haytiellus
70
Fissicrambus profanellus
71
Microcramboides meretricella
72
Microcrambus croesus
73
Microcrambus holothurion
74
Microcrambus intangens
75
Microcrambus jolas
76
Microcrambus psythiella
77
Microcrambus pusionellus
78
Microcrambus retusellus
79
Parapediasia tenuistrigata
80
Raphiptera argillaceella
81
Tortriculladia BioLep04
82
Tortriculladia sp.1
83
Tortriculladia sp.2
84
Crambinae / Diptychophorini
Diptychophora desmoteria
85
Crambinae / Haimbachiini
Donacoscaptes calamistis
86
Donacoscaptes evanidella
87
Donacoscaptes marcella
88
Xubida rutubella
89
Xubida thyonella
90
Erupinae
Erupa discordella
91
Erupa invidella
92
Erupa pravella
93
Erupa sp.
94
Glaphyriinae
Aureopteryx argentistriata
95
Aureopteryx olufsoni
96
Chilozela trapeziana
97
Contortipalpia santiagalis
98
Cosmopterosis jasonhalli
99
Cosmopterosis spatha
100
Cosmopterosis tethysalis
101
Dicymolomia metalophota
102
Eupoca bifascialis
103
Eupoca chicalis
104
Eupoca haakei
105
Eupoca sanctalis
106
Evergestis rimosalis
107
Homophysodes morbidalis
108
Hydropionea fenestralis
109
Lativalva pseudosmithii
110
Lipocosma albibasalis
111
Lipocosma ausonialis
112
Lipocosma calla
113
Lipocosma fonsecai
114
Lipocosma furvalis
115
Lipocosma nigripictalis
116
Lipocosma pitilla
117
Lipocosma rosalia
118
Lipocosma sp. 1
119
Lipocosma sp. 2
120
Lipocosma sp. 3
121
Parambia gnomosynalis
122
Psephis myrmidonalis
123
Pseudoliostigma argyractalis
124
Pseudoliostigma enareralis
125
Pseudoliostigma punctissimalis
126
Stegea hermalis
127
Symphysa amoenalis
128
Symphysa lepidaria
129
Trischistognatha limatalis
130
Trischistognatha pyrenealis
131
Trischistognatha yepezi
132
Glaphyriinae / Dichogamini
Dichogama colotha
133
Dichogama diffusalis
134
Dichogama innocua
135
Dichogama prognealis
136
Dichogama redtenbacheri
137
Glaphyriinae / Glaphyriini
Glaphyria citronalis
138
Glaphyria decisa
139
Glaphyria potentalis
140
Glaphyria rufescens
141
Glaphyria sp.
142
Glaphyria spinacrista
143
Glaphyria spinasingularis
144
Glaphyria stellaspina
145
Glaphyria tetraspina
146
Hellula phidilealis
147
Glaphyriinae / Guyanymphulini
Cryptocosma perlalis
148
Indeterminiert
Crambidae cram01
149
Crambidae cram02
150
Crambidae cram03
151
Crambidae cram04
152
Crambidae cram05
153
Crambidae cram06
154
Crambidae cram08
155
Crambidae cram09
156
Crambidae cram10
157
Crambidae cram11
158
Crambidae cram12
159
Crambidae cram13
160
Crambidae cram14
161
Crambidae cram15
162
Crambidae cram16
163
Crambidae cram17
164
Crambidae cram19
165
Crambidae cram20
166
Crambidae cram22
167
Crambidae cram26
168
Crambidae cram29
169
Crambidae cram30
170
Lathrotelinae
Sufetula diminutalis
171
Linostinae
Linosta centralis
172
Midilinae
Cacographis osteolalis
173
Cacographis undulalis
174
Dismidila atoca
175
Dismidila drepanoides
176
Midilinae / Midilini
Hositea bicincta
177
Midila daphne
178
Midila soror
179
Musotiminae
Albusambia elaphoglossumae
180
Neurophyseta albinalis
181
Neurophyseta arcuatalis
182
Neurophyseta camptogrammalis
183
Neurophyseta clymenalis
184
Neurophyseta completalis
185
Neurophyseta conantia
186
Neurophyseta cyclicalis
187
Neurophyseta debalis
188
Neurophyseta jessica
189
Neurophyseta marin
190
Neurophyseta mollitalis
191
Neurophyseta purifactalis
192
Neurophyseta randalis
193
Neurophyseta renata
194
Neurophyseta rufalis
195
Neurophyseta sanramon
196
Neurophyseta sittenfelda
197
Neurophyseta turrialbalis
198
Neurophyseta villarda
199
Neurophyseta zobeída
200
Undulambia fulvitinctalis
201
Undulambia intortalis
202
Undulambia perornatalis
203
Undulambia polystichalis
204
Odontiinae
Boeotarcha lithocymalis
205
Clupeosoma lavinia
206
Odontiinae / Eurrhypini
Cliniodes euphrosinalis
207
Cliniodes opalalis
208
Cliniodes underwoodi
209
Pyraustinae
Anania antigastridia
210
Anania contentalis
211
Aponia aponianalis
212
Aponia itzalis
213
Aponia minnithalis
214
Pyraustinae sp.1
215
Triuncidia eupalusalis
216
Pyraustinae / Portentomorphini
Portentomorpha xanthialis
217
Pyraustinae / Pyraustini
Achyra bifidalis
218
Epicorsia avilalis
219
Epicorsia oedipodalis
220
Hahncappsia conisphora
221
Hahncappsia conisphoralis
222
Hahncappsia entephrialis
223
Hahncappsia mellinialis
224
Hahncappsia nigripes
225
Hahncappsia pseudobliteralis
226
Hahncappsia ramsdenalis
227
Hahncappsia sacculalis
228
Helvibotys pucilla
229
Hyalorista exuvialis
230
Hyalorista taeniolalis
231
Neoepicorsia tuisalis
232
Neohelvibotys neohelvialis
233
Oenobotys vinotinctalis
234
Ostrinia penitalis
235
Pseudopyrausta acutangulalis
236
Pyrausta augustalis
237
Pyrausta aurea
238
Pyrausta bicoloralis
239
Pyrausta decetialis
240
Pyrausta deidamialis
241
Pyrausta insignitalis
242
Pyrausta nigripalpis
243
Pyrausta phoenicealis
244
Pyrausta signatalis
245
Pyrausta trizonalis
246
Pyrausta tyralis
247
Pyrausta xanthomela
248
Schoenobiinae
Donacaula sp.
249
Leptosteges onirophanta
250
Leptosteges parvipunctella
251
Rupela albina
252
Rupela albinella
253
Rupela antonia
254
Rupela lumaria
255
Schoenobius molybdoplecta
256
Scopariinae
Scoparia BioLep439
257
Scoparia sp1
258
Scoparia sp2
259
Spilomelinae
Deuterophysa albilunalis
260
Deuterophysa asychanalis
261
Deuterophysa BioLep93
262
Deuterophysa obregonalis
263
Dichocrocis penniger
264
Dichocrocis sabatalis
265
Dichocrocis tlapalis
266
Eulepte alialis
267
Eulepte concordalis
268
Eulepte gastralis
269
Goniorhynchus hampsoni
270
Goniorhynchus salaconalis
271
Ischnurges bagoasalis
272
Leucochromodes melusinalis
273
Mesocondyla tarsibarbalis
274
Microphysetica hermeasalis
275
Nacoleia perstygialis
276
Pelinopsis pachyzancloides
277
Penestola simplicialis
278
Piletocera inconspicua
279
Piletosoma caeruleonigra
280
Piletosoma thialis
281
Praeacrospila melanoproctis
282
Praeacrospila patricialis
283
Pycnarmon leucinodialis
284
Pycnarmon levinia
285
Stenorista fortunata
286
Stenorista sp.
287
Syllepte amando
288
Syllepte angulifera
289
Syllepte belialis
290
Syllepte dialis
291
Syllepte laticalis
292
Syllepte nitidalis
293
Syllepte occlusalis
294
Syllepte pactolalis
295
Syllepte patagialis
296
Syllepte philetalis
297
Syllepte strigicincta
298
Syllepte striginervalis
299
Spilomelinae / Agroterini
Chilochromopsis sceletogramma
300
Chilochromopsis sp.
301
Coenostolopsis apicalis
302
Haritalodes pharaxalis
303
Lygropia cernalis
304
Lygropia chromalis
305
Lygropia erythrobathrum
306
Lygropia fusalis
307
Lygropia murinalis
308
Lygropia tripunctata
309
Lypotigris reginalis
310
Micromartinia mnemusalis
311
Microthyris alvinalis
312
Microthyris anormalis
313
Microthyris asadias
314
Microthyris prolongalis
315
Pantographa acoetesalis
316
Pantographa expansalis
317
Pantographa limata
318
Pantographa suffusalis
319
Patania silicalis
320
Phaedropsis alitemeralis
321
Phaedropsis fuscicostalis
322
Phaedropsis leialis
323
Phaedropsis Solis350DHJ02
324
Phaedropsis sp. 4YB
325
Phaedropsis sp.1
326
Phaedropsis sp.2
327
Phaedropsis stictigramma
328
Phostria citrinalis
329
Phostria clementalis
330
Phostria delilalis
331
Phostria dohrnii
332
Phostria euagra
333
Phostria latiapicalis
334
Phostria mapetalis
335
Phostria mapetica
336
Phostria metalobalis
337
Phostria oajacalis
338
Phostria obliqualis
339
Phostria persiusalis
340
Phostria rufalis
341
Phostria samealis
342
Phostria tedea
343
Phostria temira
344
Phostria truncatalis
345
Phostria varialis
346
Phostria vitrifera
347
Phryganodes plicatalis
348
Pilocris cyrisalis
349
Spilomelinae / Asciodini
Arthromastix lauralis
350
Bicilia iarchasalis
351
Ceratocilia falsalis
352
Ceratocilia liberalis
353
Ceratocilia sixolalis
354
Ceratoclasis delimitalis
355
Ceratoclasis discodontalis
356
Erilusa leucoplagialis
357
Maracayia chlorisalis
358
Psara hesperialis
359
Psara obscuralis
360
Psara pargialis
361
Psara prumnides
362
Spilomelinae / Herpetogrammatini
Blepharomastix carillalis
363
Blepharomastix colubralis
364
Blepharomastix costaliparilis
365
Blepharomastix gigantalis
366
Blepharomastix hypherochalis
367
Blepharomastix ianthealis
368
Blepharomastix pacificalis
369
Blepharomastix poasalis
370
Blepharomastix ranalis
371
Blepharomastix rufilinealis
372
Blepharomastix schistisemalis
373
Blepharomastix veritalis
374
Blepharomastix zethealis
375
Cryptobotys zoilusalis
376
Eurrhyparodes lygdamis
377
Eurrhyparodes splendens
378
Eurrhyparodes syllepidia
379
Herpetogramma agavealis
380
Herpetogramma bipunctalis
381
Herpetogramma decora
382
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
383
Herpetogramma salbialis
384
Herpetogramma semilaniata
385
Hileithia approprialis
386
Hileithia apygalis
387
Hileithia decostalis
388
Hileithia differentialis
389
Hileithia obliqualis
390
Hileithia rehamalis
391
Metoeca foedalis
392
Pilocrocis calamistis
393
Pilocrocis cryptalis
394
Pilocrocis gillipusalis
395
Pilocrocis modestalis
396
Pilocrocis musalis
397
Pilocrocis purpurascens
398
Pilocrocis ramentalis
399
Pilocrocis roxonalis
400
Pilocrocis sororalis
401
Pilocrocis xanthozonalis
402
Spilomelinae / Hydririni
Choristostigma sp.
403
Gonocausta zephyralis
404
Hydriris ornatalis
405
Lamprosema angulinea
406
Lamprosema brunnealis
407
Lamprosema brunnescens
408
Lamprosema cayugalis
409
Lamprosema dorisalis
410
Lamprosema esperanzalis
411
Lamprosema excurvalis
412
Lamprosema foviferalis
413
Lamprosema nannalis
414
Lamprosema pelealis
415
Lamprosema sinaloanensis
416
Lamprosema victoriae
417
Ommatospila narcaeusalis
418
Syllepis hortalis
419
Syllepis marialis
420
Spilomelinae / Hymeniini
Hymenia perspectalis
421
Spoladea recurvalis
422
Spilomelinae / Lineodini
Atomopteryx solanalis
423
Euleucinodes conifrons
424
Lineodes aztecalis
425
Lineodes BioLep09
426
Lineodes integra
427
Lineodes vulnifica
428
Neoleucinodes alegralis
429
Neoleucinodes elegantilis
430
Neoleucinodes imperialis
431
Neoleucinodes incultalis
432
Neoleucinodes prophetica
433
Neoleucinodes torvis
434
Proleucinodes xylopastalis
435
Rhectosemia compostalis
436
Rhectosemia multifarialis
437
Rhectosemia viriditincta
438
Zellerina pterophoralis
439
Spilomelinae / Margaroniini
Agathodes designalis
440
Agathodes monstralis
441
Anarmodia inflexalis
442
Anarmodia nebulosalis
443
Anarmodia remotalis
444
Anarmodia repandalis
445
Aphytoceros tamaralis
446
Asturodes bioalfae
447
Asturodes encisoensis
448
Asturodes fimbriauralis
449
Asturodes junkoshimurae
450
Azochis BioLep204
451
Azochis BioLep210
452
Azochis curvilinealis
453
Azochis mactalis
454
Azochis oncalis
455
Azochis ruscialis
456
Azochis sp.
457
Azochis trichotarsalis
458
Caprinia periusalis
459
Compacta hirtalis
460
Condylorrhiza vestigialis
461
Diaphania aurogrisealis
462
Diaphania beckeri
463
Diaphania cachinalis
464
Diaphania costaricalis
465
Diaphania costata
466
Diaphania elegans
467
Diaphania esmeralda
468
Diaphania eumeusalis
469
Diaphania exclusalis
470
Diaphania fuligalis
471
Diaphania fumosalis
472
Diaphania glauculalis
473
Diaphania grisealis
474
Diaphania hyalinata
475
Diaphania indica
476
Diaphania latilimbalis
477
Diaphania lucidalis
478
Diaphania modialis
479
Diaphania nigricilialis
480
Diaphania nitidalis
481
Diaphania novicialis
482
Diaphania ochrivitralis
483
Diaphania plumbidorsalis
484
Diaphania praxialis
485
Diaphania superalis
486
Glyphodes dinichealis
487
Glyphodes extorris
488
Glyphodes floridalis
489
Glyphodes sibillalis
490
Glyphodes sp.
491
Hodebertia testalis
492
Hoterodes ausonia
493
Leucochroma corope
494
Liopasia ochracealis
495
Liopasia simplicissimalis
496
Maruca vitrata
497
Megastes grandalis
498
Megastes praxiteles
499
Megastes pusialis
500
Omiodes albicilialis
501
Omiodes alboanalis
502
Omiodes anxiferalis
503
Omiodes argentigulalis
504
Omiodes confusalis
505
Omiodes croceiceps
506
Omiodes cuniculalis
507
Omiodes fulvicauda
508
Omiodes grandis
509
Omiodes hallwachsae
510
Omiodes humeralis
511
Omiodes indicata
512
Omiodes insolutalis
513
Omiodes martini
514
Omiodes martyralis
515
Omiodes nitida
516
Omiodes ochracea
517
Omiodes pandaralis
518
Omiodes seminitidalis
519
Omiodes simialis
520
Omiodes sp.
521
Omiodes spoliatalis
522
Omiodes stigmosalis
523
Omiodes xanthodysana
524
Palpita citrina
525
Palpita flegia
526
Palpita jairusalis
527
Palpita quadristigmalis
528
Palpita venatalis
529
Polygrammodes eleuata
530
Polygrammodes fenestrata
531
Polygrammodes hartigi
532
Polygrammodes hercules
533
Polygrammodes mimetica
534
Polygrammodes nervosa
535
Polygrammodes ostrealis
536
Polygrammodes oxydalis
537
Polygrammodes quatrilis
538
Polygrammodes rufinalis
539
Polygrammodes sanguinalis
540
Prenesta fenestrinalis
541
Prenesta latifascialis
542
Prenesta rubrocinctalis
543
Prenesta scyllalis
544
Radessa pardalota
545
Sparagmia gonoptera
546
Synclera jarbusalis
547
Syngamilyta apicolor
548
Syngamilyta pretiosalis
549
Syngamilyta samarialis
550
Terastia meticulosalis
551
Spilomelinae / Nomophilini
Ategumia dilecticolor
552
Ategumia ebulealis
553
Ategumia matutinalis
554
Bocchoris marucalis
555
Bocchoris placitalis
556
Crocidocnemis pellucidalis
557
Desmia albisectalis
558
Desmia bajulalis
559
Desmia benealis
560
Desmia clarkei
561
Desmia cristinae
562
Desmia deploralis
563
Desmia filicornis
564
Desmia flavalis
565
Desmia grandisalis
566
Desmia jovealis
567
Desmia julialis
568
Desmia melanopalis
569
Desmia octomaculalis
570
Desmia parastigma
571
Desmia ploralis
572
Desmia ruptilinealis
573
Desmia solis19
574
Desmia sp.
575
Desmia stenizonalis
576
Desmia tages
577
Desmia ufeus
578
Desmia vulcanalis
579
Diacme elealis
580
Diacme mopsalis
581
Diasemiodes eudamidasalis
582
Diasemiopsis leodocusalis
583
Diathrausta cacalis
584
Epipagis fenestralis
585
Epipagis zinghalis
586
Mimophobetron pyropsalis
587
Mimorista botydalis
588
Niphograpta albiguttalis
589
Nomophila nearctica
590
Parapilocrocis albomarginalis
591
Parapilocrocis citribasalis
592
Samea baccatalis
593
Samea delicata
594
Samea ecclesialis
595
Samea multiplicalis
596
Samea sylvialis
597
Syngamia abnormalis
598
Syngamia florella
599
Spilomelinae / Spilomelini
Cirrhocephalina eucharisalis
600
Cirrhocephalina evanidalis
601
Geshna cannalis
602
Marasmia cochrusalis
603
Massepha grammalis
604
Massepha lupa
605
Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalis
606
Palpusia fulvicolor
607
Palpusia plumipes
608
Rhectocraspeda BioLep70
609
Rhectocraspeda periusalis
610
Salbia cassidalis
611
Salbia lotanalis
612
Salbia nebulosalis
613
Salbia tytiusalis
614
Salbia zena
615
Siga pyronia
616
Spilomela discordens
617
Spilomela minoralis
618
Spilomela pantheralis
619
Spilomela personalis
620
Spilomela perspicata
621
Spilomelinae / Steniini
Apogeshna acestealis
622
Apogeshna stenialis
623
Bradina aaronalis
624
Parastenia retractalis
625
Steniodes acuminalis
626
Steniodes declivalis
627
Steniodes mendica
628
Steniodes sp.
629
Spilomelinae / Trichaeini
Acridura coerulealis
630
Acridura hulchralis
631
Trichaea hades
632
Trichaea pilicornis
633
Trichaea prochyta
634
Zenamorpha discophoralis
635
Spilomelinae / Udeini
Conchylodes aquaticalis
636
Conchylodes arcifera
637
Conchylodes bryophilalis
638
Conchylodes concinnalis
639
Conchylodes erinalis
640
Conchylodes grammaphora
641
Conchylodes graphialis
642
Conchylodes nolckenialis
643
Conchylodes ovulalis
644
Conchylodes platinalis
645
Conchylodes salamisalis
646
Conchylodes terminipuncta
647
Ercta vittata
648
Sisyracera subulalis
649
Udea lagunalis
650
Udea montanalis
651
Udea poasalis
652
Udea sp.
653
Spilomelinae / Wurthiini
Apilocrocis excelsalis
654
Apilocrocis glaucosia
655
Statistics
655 species known
336 species found (51.30%)
1193 photos
317 photos confirmed by iNaturalist (26.57%)
Links
Checklist Crambidae of Costa Rica
funet.fi
BLOBIZ pyraloidea.org
LepsFieldguide.ai
LEDERER (1863): Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyraliden
iNaturalist
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