Lathrotelinae

Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It currently comprises 42 species in five genera.[1]

Lathrotelinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
(unranked):
Obtectomera
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea
Family:
Crambidae
Subfamily:
Lathrotelinae

J.F.G. Clarke, 1971
Genera

Until recently, Lathrotelinae have been treated within the subfamily Spilomelinae. However, recent studies[2][3] concluded that Lathroteles obscura J.F.G Clarke, 1971 and several other species are misplaced in Spilomelinae and require a separate subfamily. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature's Principle of Priority, the family group name Lathrotelidae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971 applies to this subfamily.

Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing outline, the absent chaetosemata on the imaginal head, the completely reduced gnathos, and the male genitalia's aedeagus with a strongly spiculose "manica" on its posterior end.[2][3] Lathrotelinae are suggested to be closely related to Acentropinae based on two synapomorphies in the second sternum of the abdomen,[3] but no phylogenetic analysis has been undertaken investigating this hypothesis.

Little is known on the larval stage of Lathrotelinae. The few known larvae feed on monocotyledon plants[3][4] and are occasionally found as pest species on oil palms and sugarcane.[5][6]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2019). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  2. Hayden, James E. (2013). "Sufetula Walker in Florida (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". Insecta Mundi. 296: 1–15.
  3. Minet, Joel (2015). "Lathrotelidae Clarke, 1971: a rehabilitated name deserving subfamily rank (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 120 (1): 109–112.
  4. Patrick, Brian (1994). "Antipodes Island Lepidoptera". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24 (1): 91–116. doi:10.1080/03014223.1994.9517457.
  5. Seín, Jr., Francisco (1930). "The sugar cane root caterpillar and other new root pests in Puerto Rico". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico. 14 (3): 167–191.
  6. Genty, P.; Mariau, D. (1975). "Morphologie et biologie du Pyralidae des racines de l'Elaeis, Sufetula diminutalis". Oléagineux. 30 (4): 147–152.
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