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Tribe Crambini - Grass-Veneers

Crambidae - Microcrambus elegans Crambini?  - Parapediasia teterrellus Pyralidae? - Crambus Pediasia trisecta Elegant Grass Veneer H# 5420 - Microcrambus elegans 3024763 Crambid Elegant Grass-veneer moth - Microcrambus elegans moth - Raphiptera argillaceellus
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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 Crambini (Grass-Veneers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crambini Fabricius, 1798
Explanation of Names
Crambini from type genus Crambus (Fabricius), from Greek meaning "dry, parched." Also, in Greek mythology, the child of Phineus and Cleopatra. (1)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.