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 Błeszyński, 1962 Chilo aleniella (Strand, 1913) Chilo argyrogramma Hampson, 1919 Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919) Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905 Chilo bandra (Kapur, 1950) Chilo batri (T. B. Fletcher, 1928) Chilo ceylonica Hampson, 1896 Chilo chiriquitensis (Zeller, 1877) Chilo christophi Błeszyński, 1965 Chilo cinnamomellus Berg, 1875 Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo crypsimetalla (Turner, 1911) Chilo dailingensis Wang & Sung, 1981 Chilo demotellus Walker, 1866 Chilo diffusilinea (de Joannis, 1927) Chilo erianthalis Capps, 1963 Chilo flavirufalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo heracleus Zeller, 1877 Chilo ikri (T. B. Fletcher, 1928) Chilo incerta (Sjöstedt, 1926) Chilo infuscatellus Snellen, 1890 Chilo ingloriellus Möschler, 1882 Chilo kanra (T. B. Fletcher, 1928) Chilo leucealis (Marion, 1957) Chilo ingulatellus Wang & Sung, 1981 Chilo louisiadalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo luniferalis Hampson, 1896 Chilo luteellus (Motschulsky 1866) Chilo mercatorius Błeszyński, 1970 Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo niponella (Thunberg, 1788) Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911) Chilo panici Wang & Sung, 1981 Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885) Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo phragmitella (Hübner, 1805) Chilo plejadellus Zincken, 1821 Chilo polychrysus (Meyrick, 1932) Chilo prophylactes Meyrick, 1934 Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo pulverata (Wileman & South, 1917) Chilo pulverosellus Ragonot 1895 Chilo quirimbellus Błeszyński, 1970 Chilo recalvus (Wallengren, 1876) Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer et al., 1856) Chilo spatiosellus Möschler, 1882 Chilo subbivittalis (Gaede, 1917) Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1860) Chilo tamsi Kapur, 1950 Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher, 1900 Chilo thyrsis Błeszyński, 1963 Chilo tumidicostalis (Hampson, 1919) Chilo vergilius Błeszyński, 1970 Chilo yichunensis Wang & Sung, 1981 Chilo zacconius Błeszyński, 1970 Chilo zizaniae Wang & Sung, 1981 Chilo zoriandellus Błeszyński, 1970
Status unclear Chilo decrepitellus Zincken, 1821 [nomen oblitum], described from Germany
Former species Chilo williami (de Joannis, 1927)
References
External links
Chilo at Fauna Europaea