Mabra

Mabra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It is placed in the tribe Portentomorphini of the subfamily Pyraustinae.^[2] The nine species of the genus are mainly distributed in tropical Asia, but M. metallescens and M. russoi are found in tropical Central and South America.^[1]

Mabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Mabra Moore, 1885[1]
Synonyms
Streptobela Turner, 1937

Mabra charonialis

The larval host plant is known for only one species, M. eryxalis, which feeds on Phyllanthus urinaria in the Phyllanthaceae family.^[3]

Species

• Mabra elephantophila Bänziger, 1985
• Mabra eryxalis (Walker, 1859)
• Mabra fauculalis Walker, 1859
• Mabra fuscipennalis Hampson, 1897
• Mabra haematophaga Bänziger, 1985
• Mabra lacriphaga Bänziger, 1985
• Mabra metallescens (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Mabra nigriscripta Swinhoe, 1895
• Mabra russoi Schaus, 1940

Former species

• Mabra charonialis (Walker, 1859), now placed in Dolicharthria
• Mabra garzettalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875), now placed in Blepharomastix