# Sufetula (moth) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sufetula_(moth) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sufetula_(moth).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufetula_(moth) > Source revision: 1337332480 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of moths Sufetula Sufetula sp. from Sri Lanka Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea 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 ***Sufetula*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [moths](/source/Moth) of the family [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae).[2] *[Sufetula nitidalis](/source/Sufetula_nitidalis)* ## Species Where known, distribution records are given.[1][3] - *[Sufetula alychnopa](/source/Sufetula_alychnopa)* (Turner, 1908) - *[Sufetula anania](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_anania&action=edit&redlink=1)* Solis, Hayden, Sanabria, Gonzalez, Ujueta & Gulbronson, 2019 (from Costa Rica)[4] - *[Sufetula bilinealis](/source/Sufetula_bilinealis)* Hampson, 1912 - *[Sufetula boileauae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_boileauae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Nel, 2022[5] - *[Sufetula carbonalis](/source/Sufetula_carbonalis)* Hayden, 2013[6] - *[Sufetula chagosalis](/source/Sufetula_chagosalis)* (T. B. Fletcher, 1910) (from Chagos) - *[Sufetula choreutalis](/source/Sufetula_choreutalis)* (Snellen, 1879) - *[Sufetula culshawi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_culshawi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Young, Hall, Richards & Lees, 2025[7] - *[Sufetula cyanolepis](/source/Sufetula_cyanolepis)* Hampson, 1912 - *[Sufetula diminutalis](/source/Sufetula_diminutalis)* (Walker, 1866) (from the Americas) - *[Sufetula dulcinalis](/source/Sufetula_dulcinalis)* (Snellen, 1899) - *[Sufetula elfridea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_elfridea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula falcata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_falcata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula fulgurata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_fulgurata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula gigantea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_gigantea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula grumalis](/source/Sufetula_grumalis)* Schaus, 1920 - *[Sufetula hemiophthalma](/source/Sufetula_hemiophthalma)* (Meyrick, 1884) - *[Sufetula hypocharopa](/source/Sufetula_hypocharopa)* Dyar, 1914 - *[Sufetula hypochiralis](/source/Sufetula_hypochiralis)* Dyar, 1914 - *[Sufetula macropalpia](/source/Sufetula_macropalpia)* Hampson, 1899 - *[Sufetula melanophthalma](/source/Sufetula_melanophthalma)* E. Hering, 1901 - *[Sufetula metallias](/source/Sufetula_metallias)* (Meyrick, 1897) - *[Sufetula minimalis](/source/Sufetula_minimalis)* T. B. Fletcher, 1910 (from Seychelles) - *[Sufetula minuscula](/source/Sufetula_minuscula)* Inoue, 1996 - *[Sufetula minuta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_minuta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula monticola](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_monticola&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula nigrescens](/source/Sufetula_nigrescens)* Hampson, 1912 (from Africa and Madagascar) - *[Sufetula nitidalis](/source/Sufetula_nitidalis)* Hampson, 1908 (from India) - *[Sufetula obliquistrialis](/source/Sufetula_obliquistrialis)* Hampson, 1912 - *[Sufetula oculalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_oculalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula paula](/source/Sufetula_paula)* (West, 1931) - *[Sufetula polystrialis](/source/Sufetula_polystrialis)* Hampson, 1912 - *[Sufetula rectifascialis](/source/Sufetula_rectifascialis)* Hampson, 1896 (from Sri Lanka) - *[Sufetula sacchari](/source/Sufetula_sacchari)* (Seín, 1930) - *[Sufetula serrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_serrata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, Hayden & Léger in Müller, Hayden, Lees & Léger, 2025 (from the Philippines)[8] - *[Sufetula sufetulodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sufetula_sufetulodes&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Hampson, 1917) - *[Sufetula sunidesalis](/source/Sufetula_sunidesalis)* Walker, 1859 (from Sri Lanka) - *[Sufetula sythoffi](/source/Sufetula_sythoffi)* (Snellen, 1899) - *[Sufetula trichophysetis](/source/Sufetula_trichophysetis)* Hampson, 1912 (from Ghana) ## Former species - *[Sufetula brunnealis](/source/Sufetula_brunnealis)* Hampson, 1917, currently placed in *[Diplopseustis](/source/Diplopseustis)*[8] - *[Sufetula pygmaea](/source/Sufetula_pygmaea)* Hampson, 1912, now placed in the [Nolidae](/source/Nolidae) genus *[Nola](/source/Nola_(moth))*[9] - *[Sufetula sufetuloides](/source/Sufetula_sufetuloides)* (Hampson, 1917), currently placed in *[Auchmophoba](/source/Auchmophoba)* ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Sufetula](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sufetula). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GlobIZ_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GlobIZ_1-1) Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; [Solis, M. 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Retrieved 2019-11-26. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Solis, Maria Alma](/source/Maria_Alma_Solis); Hayden, James E.; Sanabria, Freddy Vargas; Gonzalez, Francisco; Ujueta, Carlos Sanabria; Gulbronson, Connor J. (2019-08-06). "A new species of *Sufetula* Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) feeding on the roots of pineapple, *Ananas comosus* (L.) (Bromeliaceae), from Costa Rica". *Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington*. **121** (3): 497–510. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.497](https://doi.org/10.4289%2F0013-8797.121.3.497). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Nel, J. (2022). "Découverte en France et description de *Sufetula boileauae* sp. n. especèce originaire du Honduras (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Lathrotelinae)". *Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie* (in French). **31** (1). Perpignan: 19–23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Hayden, James E. (2013). "*Sufetula* Walker in Florida (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". *Insecta Mundi*. **296**. 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Taxon identifiers Sufetula Wikidata: Q7634471 Wikispecies: Sufetula AFD: Sufetula BioLib: 753347 BOLD: 328632 BugGuide: 839873 ButMoth: 27895.0 CoL: 92NH3 EoL: 20759 EPPO: 1SUFEG GBIF: 1891231 iNaturalist: 325250 Insecta.pro: 26309 IRMNG: 1207039 LepIndex: 28510 NBN: NHMSYS0021424242 NCBI: 582020 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sufetula (moth)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufetula_(moth)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufetula_(moth)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.