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Almonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Almonia Walker, 1866

Almonia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Classification

The Crambidae are the grass moth family of (butterflies and moths). They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly colored and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.

In many classifications, the Crambidae have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae or snout-moths. The principal difference is a structure in the ears called the praecinctorium, which joins two tympanic membranes in the Crambidae, and is absent from the Pyralidae. It would seem to be a matter of personal opinion (therefore not susceptible to definitive decision) whether this distinction merits division into two families, or whether the common presence of ventrally-located ears should unify them into one family. The latest review by Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family.

Species

• Almonia atratalis Rothschild, 1915
• Almonia truncatalis Walker,

Former species

• Almonia cristata (Hampson, 1891)
• Almonia lobipennis (Moore, 1886)

References

1. "Family Crambidae". ZipCodeZoo. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
2. Kükenthal, Willy (3 December 1998). Munroe, E., & Solis, M.A. (1999). "The Pyraloidea" in Lepidoptera: Moths & Butterflies by N.P. Kristensen. 233-256. ISBN 9783110157048. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
3. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

External links

• Data related to Almonia at Wikispecies

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