Chabulina Explained

Chabulina is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Jay C. Shaffer and Eugene Munroe described the genus in 2007, containing the type species Ch. putrisalis an one additional species, Ch. tenera.^[1] In 2022, Koen Maes revised the genus and added another eight species.^[2]

Species

• Chabulina albinalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Chabulina amphipeda (Meyrick, 1939)
• Chabulina astomalis (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Chabulina bleusei (Oberthür, 1887)
• Chabulina cineralis (Joannis, 1912)
• Chabulina labarinthalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Chabulina nuclealis (Joannis, 1927)
• Chabulina onychinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Chabulina putrisalis (Viette, 1958)
• Chabulina tenera (Butler, 1883)

Notes and References

1. Shaffer . Jay C. . Munroe . Eugene G. . Eugene G. Munroe . 2007 . Crambidae of Aldabra Atoll (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) . Tropical Lepidoptera . Gainesville . 14 (2003) . 1-2 . 1-110 .
2. Maes . Koen V. N. . 2022 . Studies on African Crambidae II: On the identity of Asopia onychinalis Guenée, 1954, its synonyms, generic placement and related species (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) . Metamorphosis . Knysna, South Africa . 33 . 85-91 . 10.4314/met.v33i1.11. free .