Charitoprepes Explained

Charitoprepes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the species-rich tribe Margaroniini in the subfamily Spilomelinae.^[1]

The genus currently contains three species:

• C. lubricosa Warren, 1896, the type species of the genus; it is known from the Indian Khasi Hills, Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan;^{[2] [3] [4]}
• C. apicipicta (Inoue, 1963), occurring in China, Japan and Korea;^{[4] [5] [6]}
• C. aciculata Huang & Du, 2023, which is so far only known from the southern Chinese Hainan and Yunnan provinces.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Mally . Richard . Hayden . James E. . Neinhuis . Christoph . Jordal . Bjarte H. . Nuss . Matthias . 2019 . The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 77 . 1 . 141–204 . 10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07 . 1863-7221 .
2. Warren . William . William Warren (entomologist) . 1896 . New genera and species of Pyralidae, Thyrididae, and Epiplemidae . The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology . Series 6 . 17 . 94–106, 131–150, 202–216 .
3. Kim . Minyoung . Park . Young-Mi . Hyun . Ik-Hwa . Kang . Byoung-Hyo . Oh . Si-Heon . Jwa . Jae-Kwang . Hyun . Young-Kwon . Lee . Heung-Sik . 2014 . A newly known genus Charitoprepes Warren (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) in Korea, with report of C. lubricosa Warren . Korean Journal of Applied Entomology . 53 . 3 . 301–303 . 10.5656/KSAE.2014.05.0.008. 84873602 . free .
4. Huang . Shi-Qi . Du . Xi-Cui . 2023 . Revision of the genus Charitoprepes Warren (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with the description of a new species from China . ZooKeys . 1149 . 171–179 . 10.3897/zookeys.1149.98065 . free . 37234445 . 10206728 . 2023ZooK.1149..171H .
5. Inoue . Hiroshi . 1963 . Descriptions and records of some Pyralidae from Japan (VI) (Lepidoptera) . Kontyû. Entomological Society of Japan . 31 . 107–112.
6. Choi . Sei-Woong . 2010 . First report of Heterocnephes apicipicta (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Korea . Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology . 26 . 2 . 171–172 . 10.5635/KJSZ.2010.26.2.171 . 84301528 .