Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), clothed with rough hair, and projecting about one and a half times the length of the head. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with hair. Frons rounded. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Wings long and narrow. Forewings with rectangular apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated with veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle and approximated for a short distance. Vein 6 absent and vein 7 anastomosing (fused) with vein 8.
Species
- Charltona actinialis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona albidalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona albimixtalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona argyrastis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona ariadna <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1970</small>
- Charltona atrifascialis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona bivitellus <small>(Moore, 1872)</small>
- Charltona cervinellus <small>(Moore, 1872)</small> (including C. interruptellus, which may be distinct)
- Charltona chrysopasta <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Charltona cramboides <small>(Walker, 1865)</small>
- Charltona desistalis <small>(Walker, 1863)</small>
- Charltona diatraeella <small>(Hampson, 1896)</small>
- Charltona endothermalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona fusca <small>Hampson, 1903</small>
- Charltona inconspicuellus <small>(Moore, 1872)</small>
- Charltona interstitalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona kala <small>C. Swinhoe, 1886</small>
- Charltona laminata <small>Hampson, 1896</small>
- Charltona ortellus <small>(C. Swinhoe, 1887)</small>
- Charltona plurivittalis <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Charltona rufalis <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Charltona synaula <small>Meyrick, 1933</small>
- Charltona trichialis <small>(Hampson, 1903)</small>
- Charltona tritonella <small>(Hampson, 1898)</small>
Status unclear
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