Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.
Description
The proboscis is absent. Palpi porrect (extended forward), clothes with rough hair, and extending from two and a half to three lengths of the head. Maxillary palp dilated with scales at extremity. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae minutely serrate and ciliated. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Forewings with the apex rectangular in male, typically acute and produced in female. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated from 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 veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.
Species
- Chilo agamemnon <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1962</small>
- Chilo aleniella <small>(Strand, 1913)</small>
- Chilo argyrogramma <small>Hampson, 1919</small>
- Chilo argyropasta <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo auricilius <small>Dudgeon, 1905</small>
- Chilo bandra <small>(Kapur, 1950)</small>
- Chilo batri <small>(T. B. Fletcher, 1928)</small>
- Chilo ceylonica <small>Hampson, 1896</small>
- Chilo chiriquitensis <small>(Zeller, 1877)</small>
- Chilo christophi <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1965</small>
- Chilo cinnamomellus <small>Berg, 1875</small>
- Chilo costifusalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo crypsimetalla <small>(Turner, 1911)</small>
- Chilo dailingensis <small>Wang & Sung, 1981</small>
- Chilo demotellus <small>Walker, 1866</small>
- Chilo diffusilinea <small>(de Joannis, 1927)</small>
- Chilo erianthalis <small>Capps, 1963</small>
- Chilo flavirufalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo heracleus <small>Zeller, 1877</small>
- Chilo ikri <small>(T. B. Fletcher, 1928)</small>
- Chilo incerta <small>(Sjöstedt, 1926)</small>
- Chilo infuscatellus <small>Snellen, 1890</small>
- Chilo ingloriellus <small>Möschler, 1882</small>
- Chilo kanra <small>(T. B. Fletcher, 1928)</small>
- Chilo leucealis <small>(Marion, 1957)</small>
- Chilo ingulatellus <small>Wang & Sung, 1981</small>
- Chilo louisiadalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo luniferalis <small>Hampson, 1896</small>
- Chilo luteellus <small>(Motschulsky 1866)</small>
- Chilo mercatorius <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1970</small>
- Chilo mesoplagalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo niponella <small>(Thunberg, 1788)</small>
- Chilo orichalcociliella <small>(Strand, 1911)</small>
- Chilo panici <small>Wang & Sung, 1981</small>
- Chilo partellus <small>(Swinhoe, 1885)</small>
- Chilo perfusalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo phragmitella <small>(Hübner, 1805)</small>
- Chilo plejadellus <small>Zincken, 1821</small>
- Chilo polychrysus <small>(Meyrick, 1932)</small>
- Chilo prophylactes <small>Meyrick, 1934</small>
- Chilo psammathis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo pulverata <small>(Wileman & South, 1917)</small>
- Chilo pulverosellus <small>Ragonot 1895</small>
- Chilo quirimbellus <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1970</small>
- Chilo recalvus <small>(Wallengren, 1876)</small>
- Chilo sacchariphagus <small>(Bojer et al., 1856)</small>
- Chilo spatiosellus <small>Möschler, 1882</small>
- Chilo subbivittalis <small>(Gaede, 1917)</small>
- Chilo suppressalis <small>(Walker, 1860)</small>
- Chilo tamsi <small>Kapur, 1950</small>
- Chilo terrenellus <small>Pagenstecher, 1900</small>
- Chilo thyrsis <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1963</small>
- Chilo tumidicostalis <small>(Hampson, 1919)</small>
- Chilo vergilius <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1970</small>
- Chilo yichunensis <small>Wang & Sung, 1981</small>
- Chilo zacconius <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1970</small>
- Chilo zizaniae <small>Wang & Sung, 1981</small>
- Chilo zoriandellus <small>BÃ
ÂeszyÃ
Âski, 1970</small>
Status unclear
- Chilo decrepitellus <small>Zincken, 1821</small> [nomen oblitum], described from Germany
Former species
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