Terastia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854 with Terastia meticulosalis as type species.[1] The genus is currently placed in the tribe Margaroniini,[2] where it is closely related to the genera Agathodes and Liopasia.[3][4][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Margaroniini |
| Genus: | Terastia Guenée, 1854[1] |
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Terastia with its eight species is distributed in the tropical regions of the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Oriental realm as well as Australasia.
Like the closely related genera Agathodes and Liopasia, the caterpillars of Terastia species feed on Erythrina species (Fabaceae).[5][6][7][8]
Species
edit- Terastia africana Sourakov in Sourakov, Plotkin, Kawahara, Xiao, Hallwachs & Janzen, 2015[4]
- Terastia diversalis (Walker, 1866)
- Terastia egialealis (Walker, 1859)
- Terastia margaritis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Terastia meticulosalis Guenée, 1854
- Terastia minor Koningsberger & Zimmermann, 1901
- Terastia proceralis Lederer, 1863
- Terastia subjectalis Lederer, 1863
References
edit- ^ a b 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 (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ a b 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". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.
- ^ Munroe, Eugene G. (1960). "New tropical Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 92 (3): 164–173. doi:10.4039/Ent92164-3. S2CID 251415377.
- ^ a b Sourakov, Andrei; Plotkin, David; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Xiao, Lei; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel (2015). "On the taxonomy of the erythrina moths Agathodes and Terastia (Crambidae: Spilomelinae): Two different patterns of haplotype divergence and a new species of Terastia". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 25 (2): 80–97.
- ^ Hinckley, Alden D. (1964). "Ecological notes on the larvae of some pyraloid moths in Fiji" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 6 (2): 234–241.
- ^ Kimball, C.P. (1965). "The Lepidoptera of Florida: an annotated checklist". Arthropods of Florida and Neighbouring Land Areas. 1: i–v, 1–363.
- ^ Sourakov, Andrei (2012). "On the biology of moths that feed on Erythrina in Florida". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 22 (2): 110–118.
- ^ Pereira, C.M.; Moura, M.O.; Da-Silva, P.R. (2014). "Insect seed predators in Erythrina falcata (Fabaceae): Identification of predatory species and ecological consequences of asynchronous flowering". Neotropical Entomology. 43 (3): 193–200. doi:10.1007/s13744-014-0213-1. PMID 27193614. S2CID 18163095.
External links
edit- Terastia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms