Evergestis Explained

Evergestis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. A number of species are pests, including the cross-striped cabbageworm (E. rimosalis), a pest of cole crops such as cabbage.^[1]

Species

• Evergestis aegyptiacalis Caradja, 1916
• Evergestis aenealis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Evergestis africalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Evergestis albifasciaria Chen & Wang, 2013
• Evergestis albifuscalis (Hampson, 1900)
• Evergestis alborivulalis (Eversmann, 1843)
• Evergestis anartalis (Staudinger, 1892)
• Evergestis angustalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
• Evergestis anticlina Munroe, 1959
• Evergestis antofagastalis Munroe, 1959
• Evergestis arcuatalis (Hampson, 1900)
• Evergestis aridalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Evergestis atrapuncta Maes, 2011
• Evergestis borregalis Munroe, 1974
• Evergestis boursini Amsel, 1939
• Evergestis brunnea Munroe, 1959
• Evergestis caesialis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1849])
• Evergestis comstocki Munroe, 1974
• Evergestis consimilis Warren, 1892
• Evergestis desertalis (Hübner, 1813)
• Evergestis dilutalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
• Evergestis dischematalis Munroe, 1995
• Evergestis dognini Hampson, 1918
• Evergestis dumerlei Leraut, 2003
• Evergestis dusmeti Agenjo, 1955
• Evergestis eurekalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Evergestis exoticalis (Snellen, 1875)
• Evergestis extimalis (Scopoli, 1763)
• Evergestis forficalis (Linnaeus, 1758)  - garden pebble
• Evergestis frumentalis (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Evergestis fulgura (Cerf, 1933)
• Evergestis funalis (Grote, 1878)
• Evergestis holophaealis (Hampson, 1913)
• Evergestis hordealis Chrétien, 1915
• Evergestis hyrcanalis Amsel, 1961
• Evergestis infirmalis (Staudinger, 1870)
• Evergestis inglorialis Hampson, 1918
• Evergestis insiola (Dyar, 1925)
• Evergestis isatidalis (Duponchel, 1833)
• Evergestis junctalis Warren, 1892
• Evergestis koepckei Munroe, 1959
• Evergestis laristanalis Amsel, 1961
• Evergestis lichenalis Hampson, 1900
• Evergestis limbata (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Evergestis lunulalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Evergestis lupalis Zerny, 1928
• Evergestis marionalis Leraut, 2003
• Evergestis marocana (D. Lucas, 1956)
• Evergestis merceti Agenjo, 1933
• Evergestis mimounalis (Oberthür, 1922)
• Evergestis montis Maes, 2011
• Evergestis mundalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Evergestis nolentis Heinrich, 1940
• Evergestis nomadalis (Lederer, 1870)
• Evergestis obliqualis (Grote, 1883)
• Evergestis obscuralis (Hampson, 1912)
• Evergestis osthelderi (Schawerda, 1932)
• Evergestis pallidata (Hufnagel, 1767)
• Evergestis palousalis Munroe, 1974
• Evergestis pechi (Bethune-Baker, 1885)
• Evergestis perobliqualis Hampson in Elwes, Hampson & Durrant, 1906
• Evergestis placens (Walker, [1866])
• Evergestis plumbofascialis (Ragonot, 1894)
• Evergestis politalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Evergestis rimosalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Evergestis russulatalis (Hampson, 1900)
• Evergestis scopicalis Hampson, 1908
• Evergestis segetalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
• Evergestis serratalis (Staudinger, 1870)
• Evergestis sexmaculosus Matsumura, 1925
• Evergestis simulatilis (Grote, 1880)
• Evergestis sophialis (Fabricius, 1787)
• Evergestis spiniferalis (Staudinger, 1900)
• Evergestis subfuscalis (Staudinger, 1870)
• Evergestis subterminalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Evergestis triangulalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914
• Evergestis umbrosalis (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1842)
• Evergestis unimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
• Evergestis vinctalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914

Former species

• Evergestis flavicinctalis Snellen, 1890
• Evergestis terminalis (Mabille, 1880)

Status unclear

• Evergestis bilinealis

References

• , 2011: New Crambidae from the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Lambillionea 111 (3) Tome 1: 241–248.
• , 1998: The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region- a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 17 Suppl.: 475–528.
• , 2005: Revision of Evergestis anartalis (Staudinger, 1892) comb. rev. from Central Asia (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Evergestinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 28 (1): 17–23. Full article: https://web.archive.org/web/20140527213200/http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/nota/bd28_1/03%20Nuss.pdf.

External links

• Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Evergestis Hübner, 1825 . Afromoths . June 28, 2018 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001450/http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/503830 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Sparks, A. and D. G. Riley. Cross-Striped Cabbageworm. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The University of Georgia. 2008.