Chrysoteuchia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Most are native to Asia.
The cranberry girdler (C. topiarius) is a pest of turfgrasses in North America. It also attacks cranberry and fir.
There were about thirty species in the genus as of 2010.
Species
- Chrysoteuchia argentistriellus <small>(Leech, 1889)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia atrosignatus <small>(Zeller, 1877)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia culmella <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - garden grass-veneer
- Chrysoteuchia curvicavus <small>Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2001</small>
- Chrysoteuchia daisetsuzana <small>(Matsumura, 1927)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia deltella <small>Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2001</small>
- Chrysoteuchia dentatella <small>Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2001</small>
- Chrysoteuchia diplogrammus <small>(Zeller, 1863)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia disasterella <small>Bleszynski, 1965</small>
- Chrysoteuchia distinctellus <small>(Leech, 1889)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia dividellus <small>(Snellen, 1890)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia fractellus <small>(South in Leech & South, 1901)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia fuliginosellus <small>(South in Leech & South, 1901)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia funebrellus <small>(Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia furva <small>Li & Li, 2010</small>
- Chrysoteuchia gonoxes <small>(Bleszynski, 1962)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia gregorella <small>Bleszynski, 1965</small>
- Chrysoteuchia hamatella <small>Chen, Song & Yuan, 2001</small>
- Chrysoteuchia hamatoides <small>Song & Chen in Chen, Song & Yuan, 2001</small>
- Chrysoteuchia hyalodiscella <small>(Caradja, 1927)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia lolotiella <small>(Caradja, 1927)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia mandschuricus <small>(Christoph, 1881)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia moriokensis <small>(Okano, 1958)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia ningensis <small>Li, 2012</small>
- Chrysoteuchia nonifasciaria <small>Li & Li, 2010</small>
- Chrysoteuchia picturatellus <small>(South in Leech & South, 1901)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia porcelanellus <small>(Motschulsky, 1861)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia pseudodiplogrammus <small>(Okano, 1962)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia pyraustoides <small>(Erschoff, 1877)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia quadrapicula <small>Chen, Song & Yuan, 2003</small>
- Chrysoteuchia rotundiprojecta <small>Li & Li, 2010</small>
- Chrysoteuchia shafferi <small>Li & Li, 2010</small>
- Chrysoteuchia sonobei <small>(Marumo, 1936)</small>
- Chrysoteuchia topiarius <small>(Zeller, 1866)</small> - topiary grass-veneer moth, subterranean sod webworm, cranberry girdler
- Chrysoteuchia yuennanellus <small>(Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937)</small>
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