Sufetula (moth)

Sufetula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.^[2]

Sufetula nitidalis

Sufetula
Sufetula sp. from Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Lathrotelinae
Genus:	Sufetula Walker, 1859[1]
Synonyms
Loetrina Walker, 1863 Mirobriga Walker, 1863 Nannomorpha Turner, 1908 Perforadix Seín, 1930 Pseudochoreutes Snellen, 1880 Pseudochoreutis Hampson, 1899 Safetula Hampson, 1893

Species

Where known, distribution records are given.^[1][3]

• Sufetula alychnopa (Turner, 1908)
• Sufetula anania Solis, Hayden, Sanabria, Gonzalez, Ujueta & Gulbronson, 2019 (from Costa Rica)^[4]
• Sufetula bilinealis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula boileauae Nel, 2022^[5]
• Sufetula carbonalis Hayden, 2013^[6]
• Sufetula chagosalis (T. B. Fletcher, 1910) (from Chagos)
• Sufetula choreutalis (Snellen, 1879)
• Sufetula culshawi Young, Hall, Richards & Lees, 2025^[7]
• Sufetula cyanolepis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula diminutalis (Walker, 1866) (from the Americas)
• Sufetula dulcinalis (Snellen, 1899)
• Sufetula elfridea Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula falcata Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula fulgurata Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula gigantea Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula grumalis Schaus, 1920
• Sufetula hemiophthalma (Meyrick, 1884)
• Sufetula hypocharopa Dyar, 1914
• Sufetula hypochiralis Dyar, 1914
• Sufetula macropalpia Hampson, 1899
• Sufetula melanophthalma E. Hering, 1901
• Sufetula metallias (Meyrick, 1897)
• Sufetula minimalis T. B. Fletcher, 1910 (from Seychelles)
• Sufetula minuscula Inoue, 1996
• Sufetula minuta Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula monticola Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912 (from Africa and Madagascar)
• Sufetula nitidalis Hampson, 1908 (from India)
• Sufetula obliquistrialis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula oculalis Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula paula (West, 1931)
• Sufetula polystrialis Hampson, 1912
• Sufetula rectifascialis Hampson, 1896 (from Sri Lanka)
• Sufetula sacchari (Seín, 1930)
• Sufetula serrata Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)^[8]
• Sufetula sufetulodes (Hampson, 1917)
• Sufetula sunidesalis Walker, 1859 (from Sri Lanka)
• Sufetula sythoffi (Snellen, 1899)
• Sufetula trichophysetis Hampson, 1912 (from Ghana)

Former species

• Sufetula brunnealis Hampson, 1917, currently placed in Diplopseustis^[8]
• Sufetula pygmaea Hampson, 1912, now placed in the Nolidae genus Nola^[9]
• Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1917), currently placed in Auchmophoba