# Charltona

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***Charltona*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [moths](/source/Moth) of the family [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae). The genus was erected by [Charles Swinhoe](/source/Charles_Swinhoe) in 1886.

## Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), clothed with rough hair, and projecting about one and a half times the length of the head. Maxillary palpi triangularly dilated with hair. Frons rounded. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Wings long and narrow. Forewings with rectangular apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated with 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 approximated for a short distance. Vein 6 absent and vein 7 anastomosing (fused) with vein 8.[2]

## Species

- *[Charltona actinialis](/source/Charltona_actinialis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona albidalis](/source/Charltona_albidalis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona albimixtalis](/source/Charltona_albimixtalis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona argyrastis](/source/Charltona_argyrastis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona ariadna](/source/Charltona_ariadna)* Błeszyński, 1970
- *[Charltona atrifascialis](/source/Charltona_atrifascialis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona bivitellus](/source/Charltona_bivitellus)* (Moore, 1872)
- *[Charltona cervinellus](/source/Charltona_cervinellus)* (Moore, 1872) (including *C. interruptellus*, which may be distinct)
- *[Charltona chrysopasta](/source/Charltona_chrysopasta)* Hampson, 1910
- *[Charltona cramboides](/source/Charltona_cramboides)* (Walker, 1865)
- *[Charltona desistalis](/source/Charltona_desistalis)* (Walker, 1863)
- *[Charltona diatraeella](/source/Charltona_diatraeella)* (Hampson, 1896)
- *[Charltona endothermalis](/source/Charltona_endothermalis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona fusca](/source/Charltona_fusca)* Hampson, 1903
- *[Charltona inconspicuellus](/source/Charltona_inconspicuellus)* (Moore, 1872)
- *[Charltona interstitalis](/source/Charltona_interstitalis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona kala](/source/Charltona_kala)* C. Swinhoe, 1886
- *[Charltona laminata](/source/Charltona_laminata)* Hampson, 1896
- *[Charltona ortellus](/source/Charltona_ortellus)* (C. Swinhoe, 1887)
- *[Charltona plurivittalis](/source/Charltona_plurivittalis)* Hampson, 1910
- *[Charltona rufalis](/source/Charltona_rufalis)* Hampson, 1919
- *[Charltona synaula](/source/Charltona_synaula)* Meyrick, 1933
- *[Charltona trichialis](/source/Charltona_trichialis)* (Hampson, 1903)
- *[Charltona tritonella](/source/Charltona_tritonella)* (Hampson, 1898)

## Status unclear

- *[Charltona consociellus](/source/Charltona_consociellus)* (Walker, 1863)

## References

1. Nuss, M. et al. (2003–2011). ["GlobIZ search"](http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx). *Global Information System on Pyraloidea*. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

1. Hampson, G. F. (1896). [*The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/5/mode/1up). Taylor and Francis. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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