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Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae. It currently comprises 37 species in four genera.〔Nuss, M., B. Landry, R. Mally, F. Vegliante, A. Tränkner, F. Bauer, J. Hayden, A. Segerer, R. Schouten, H. Li, T. Trofimova, M. A. Solis, J. De Prins & W. Speidel 2003–2015: Global Information System on Pyraloidea. ()〕 Until recently, Lathrotelinae have been treated within the subfamily Spilomelinae. However, recent studies〔Hayden, J. E. 2013: ''Sufetula'' Walker in Florida (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). – Insecta Mundi, Gainesville, Florida 296: 1–15.〕〔Minet, J. 2015: Lathrotelidae Clarke, 1971: a rehabilitated name deserving subfamily rank (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). – Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, Paris 120 (1): 109–112.〕 concluded that ''Lathroteles obscura'' J.F.G Clarke, 1971 and several other species are misplaced in Spilomelinae and require a separate subfamily. According to the ICZN's Principle of Priority, the family-group name Lathrotelidae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971 applies to this subfamily. Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing outline, the absent chaetosemata on the imaginal head, the completely reduced gnathos, and the male genitalia's aedeagus with a strongly spiculose 'manica' on its posterior end.〔〔 Lathrotelinae are suggested to be closely related to Acentropinae based on two synapomorphies in the second sternum of the abdomen,〔 but no phylogenetic analysis has been undertaken investigating this hypothesis. Little is known on the larval stage of Lathrotelinae. The few known larvae feed on monocotyledon plants〔〔Patrick, B. H. 1994: Antipodes Island Lepidoptera. – Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24 (1): 91–116.〕 and are occasionally found as pest species on oil palms and sugarcane.〔Seín 1930: The sugar cane root caterpillar and other new root pests in Puerto Rico. – Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico, Rio Piedras 14 (3): 167–191, pl. 20–29.〕〔Genty, P. & D. Mariau 1975: Morphologie et biologie du Pyralidae des racines de lElaeis'', ''Sufetula diminutalis''. – Oléagineux 30 (4): 147–152.〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lathrotelinae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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