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Tribe Calamotrophini

Argyria auratella - Curve-lined Vaxi  - Vaxi auratella Argyria critica - Vaxi critica Straight-lined Argyria - Vaxi critica Argyria critica - Straight-lined Argyria - Vaxi critica Argyria critica - Vaxi critica moth - Vaxi auratella Lépidoptère, famille Crambidae - Vaxi critica - Vaxi critica Calamotropha paludella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Calamotrophini
Remarks
Calamotropha Zeller, Pseudocatharylla Bleszynski and Vaxi Bleszynski are included in this tribe; the latter two were previously placed in Argyriini, which Léger et al. (2019) found to be polyphyletic. Other genera not assigned to tribe may belong in this group as well.
Print References
Léger, T., B. Landry & M. Nuss, 2019. Phylogeny, character evolution and tribal classification in Crambinae and Scopariinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Systematic Entomology, 44(4): 757–776.