Lamoria

Lamoria is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae.

Lamoria
Lamoria clathrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Galleriinae
Tribe:	Tirathabini
Genus:	Lamoria Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Lamoria planalis Walker, 1863 [2]
Synonyms[3]
Hornigia Ragonot, 1885 Lammoria (lapsus) Microcyttara Turner, 1913 Maraclea Walker, 1863 Tugela Ragonot, 1888

Description

The palpi of the male are minute, whereas those of the female project about the length of head and are downcurved at their extremity. Maxillary palpi filiform. Frons with a conical tuft. Antennae simple. Forewings of male with a large glandular swelling at base of costa below. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle, which is much produced. Veins 8 and 9 stalked from vein 7. Veins 10 and 11 free. Female with vein 3 from angle of cell, which is not produced. Veins 4 and 5 stalked. Hindwings with open cell. Veins 2, 3, 4 and 5 at regular intervals. Vein 7 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 8.^[4]

Species

• Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863)
• Lamoria anella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Lamoria attamasca Whalley, 1964
• Lamoria baea (West, 1931)
• Lamoria brevinaevella Zerny, 1934
• Lamoria cafrella (Ragonot, 1888)
• Lamoria clathrella (Ragonot, 1888)
• Lamoria eumeces (Turner, 1913)
• Lamoria exiguata Whalley, 1964
• Lamoria fumidea Whalley, 1964
• Lamoria glaucalis Caradja, 1925
• Lamoria hemi Rose, 1981
• Lamoria idiolepida Turner, 1922
• Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864)
• Lamoria infumatella Hampson, 1898
• Lamoria inostentalis (Walker, 1863)
• Lamoria jordanis Ragonot, 1901
• Lamoria medianalis Hampson, 1917
• Lamoria melanophlebia Ragonot, 1888
• Lamoria oenochroa (Turner, 1905)
• Lamoria pachylepidella Hampson, 1901
• Lamoria pallens Whalley, 1964
• Lamoria ruficostella Ragonot, 1888
• Lamoria surrufa Whalley, 1964
• Lamoria virescens Hampson, 1898

The former L. rufivena is now Tirathaba rufivena.