Lamoria | |
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Lamoria clathrella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Subfamily: | Galleriinae |
Tribe: | Tirathabini |
Genus: | Lamoria Walker, 1863 [1] |
Type species | |
Lamoria planalis Walker, 1863 [2]
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Synonyms[3] | |
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Lamoria is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae.
The palpi of the male are minute, whereas those of the female project about the length of head and are downcurved at their extremity. Maxillary palpi filiform. Frons with a conical tuft. Antennae simple. Forewings of male with a large glandular swelling at base of costa below. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle, which is much produced. Veins 8 and 9 stalked from vein 7. Veins 10 and 11 free. Female with vein 3 from angle of cell, which is not produced. Veins 4 and 5 stalked. Hindwings with open cell. Veins 2, 3, 4 and 5 at regular intervals. Vein 7 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 8.[4]
The former L. rufivena is now Tirathaba rufivena.