Massepha Explained

Massepha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Species

• Massepha absolutalis Walker, 1859
• Massepha ambialis Hampson, 1903
• Massepha asiusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Massepha bengalensis Moore
• Massepha entephriadia Hampson, 1898
• Massepha flavimaculata Gaede, 1917
• Massepha gracilis Hampson, 1899
• Massepha grammalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Massepha grisealis Hampson, 1917
• Massepha longipennis Hampson, 1912
• Massepha lupa (Druce, 1899)
• Massepha ohbai Yoshiyasu, 1990
• Massepha rectangulalis Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
• Massepha rufescens Hampson, 1912
• Massepha syngamiodes Hampson, 1912
• Massepha tessmanni Gaede, 1917^[1]

Former species

• Massepha carbonalis Warren
• Massepha fulvalis Hampson, 1898

References

• George Mathew, 2006. AN INVENTORY OF INDIAN PYRALIDS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE). Zoos' Print Journal 21(5): 2245-2258
• afromoths.net
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. (in German) Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Bd. 8 (1915-17), p.391