Nagiella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was established by Eugene G. Munroe in 1964 as a replacement name for Nagia Walker, 1866, a name that was preoccupied by Nagia Walker, 1858 in the Lepidoptera family Erebidae.
| Nagiella | |
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| Nagiella inferior, imago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Agroterini |
| Genus: | Nagiella Munroe, 1976[1] |
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Distribution
editThe six species of Nagiella are distributed in East and Southeast Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent.[1]
Larval foodplants
editThe caterpillars of Nagiella inferior have been recorded on Coffea liberica in the Rubiaceae family.[2]
Species
edit- Nagiella bispina Lu & Du, 2020[3]
- Nagiella hortulatoides Munroe, 1976
- Nagiella inferior (Hampson, 1899) (syn. Botys quadrimaculalis (Motschultsky, 1861))
- Nagiella occultalis Ullah & Yang in Ullah, Yang, Qiao & Zhang, 2017[4]
- Nagiella quadrimaculalis (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844) (syn. Nagiella desmialis (Walker, 1866))
- Nagiella tristalis Matsui & Naka in Matsui, Naka & Jinbo, 2021[5]
Systematics
editIn the past, the genus was considered a synonym of Pleuroptya, until in 2017 a taxonomic revision showed that Nagiella is not identical with Pleuroptya and was reinstated as a valid genus.[4]
Nagiella is placed in the tribe Agroterini of the subfamily Spilomelinae.[6]
The type species, Nagia desmialis Walker, 1865, is now considered a synonym of Nagiella quadrimaculalis (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844), which was described earlier and therefore has priority over the younger name.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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 (2003–2021). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum. London. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Lu, Xiao-Qiang; Du, Xi-Cui (2020). "Revision of Nagiella Munroe (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with the description of a new species from China". ZooKeys (964): 143–159. doi:10.3897/zookeys.964.55703. PMC 7471130. PMID 32939150.
- ^ a b Ullah, Misbah; Yang, Zhaofu; Qiao, Pingping; Zhang, Yalin (2017). "A new cryptic species of Nagiella Munroe from China revealed by DNA barcodes and morphological evidence (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae)". ZooKeys (679): 65–76. doi:10.3897/zookeys.679.11960. PMC 5523397. PMID 28769709.
- ^ Matsui, Y.; Naka, H.; Jinbo, U. (2021). "DNA barcoding and morphology reveal a new cryptic species of Nagiella (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from Japan". ZooKeys (1023): 171–192. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1023.60934. PMC 7973066. PMID 33776519.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.