Conchylodes

Conchylodes is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. The genus comprises 21 species and is placed in the tribe Udeini.

Conchylodes
Conchylodes ovulalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Udeini
Genus: Conchylodes
Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Ledereria Snellen, 1873
  • Nonazochis Amsel, 1956

Recently, the monotypic genus Nonazochis, described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956, was synonymized with Conchylodes. This led to the transfer of its type species, Azochis graphialis, to Conchylodes as Conchylodes graphialis.

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