{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Celery Leaftier.jpg | image_caption = ''Udea rubigalis'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Udea | authority = Guenée in Duponchel, 1845<ref name=GlobIZ>{{cite web |website=www.pyraloidea.org |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fPages%2fReports%2fTaxonomyReport.aspx%3fAspxAutoDetectCookieSupport%3d1&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ) |last1=Nuss |first1=Matthias |last2=Landry |first2=Bernard |last3=Mally |first3=Richard |last4=Vegliante |first4=Francesca |last5=Tränkner |first5=Andreas |last6=Bauer |first6=Franziska |last7=Hayden |first7=James |last8=Segerer |first8=Andreas |last9=Schouten |first9=Rob |last10=Li |first10=Houhun |last11=Trofimova |first11=Tatiana |last12=Solis |first12=M. Alma |author-link12=Maria Alma Solis |last13=De Prins |first13=Jurate |last14=Speidel |first14=Wolfgang |date=2003–2023 |access-date=2023-10-23 |language=en}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Specieslist |Melanomecyna|Butler, 1883 |Notophytis|Meyrick, 1932 |Protaulacistis|Meyrick, 1899 |Protocolletis|Meyrick, 1888 |Stantira|Walker, 1863 }} }}

'''''Udea''''' is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |date=November 5, 2004 |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=30075.0 |title=''Udea'' Guenée, 1845 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref> The currently known 216 species are present on all continents except Antarctica.<ref name=GlobIZ/> About 41 species are native to Hawaii.<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011>{{cite journal|last1=Mally|first1=Richard|last2=Nuss|first2=Matthias|date=2011|title=Molecular and morphological phylogeny of European ''Udea'' moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)|journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny|volume=69|issue=1|pages=55–71|url=https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/asp_69_1_mally_55-71.pdf}}</ref>

==Systematics==

The genus is placed in the tribe Udeini, where it is closest related to the genera ''Mnesictena'', ''Deana'' and ''Udeoides''.<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/><ref name=Mally-eal-2019>{{cite journal |last1=Mally |first1=Richard |last2=Hayden |first2=James E. |last3=Neinhuis |first3=Christoph |last4=Jordal |first4=Bjarte H. |last5=Nuss |first5=Matthias |year=2019 |title=The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology |journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=141–204 |doi=10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07 |issn=1863-7221 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_77_1/07_asp_77-1_mally_141-204.pdf}}</ref> In the past, ''Mnesictena'' was included in ''Udea'',<ref name=Munroe-1983>{{cite book|last=Munroe|author-link=Eugene G. Munroe|first=Eugene Gordon|date=1983|chapter=Pyralidae (except Crambinae)|pages=67–76, 78–85|editor-last1=Hodges|editor-first1=R. W.|editor-last2=Dominick|editor-first2=T.|editor-last3=Franclemont|editor-first3=J. G.|editor-last4=Munroe|editor-first4=Eugene Gordon|editor-last5=Powell|editor-first5=J. A.|title=Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Including Greenland|publisher=E. W. Classey Ltd. and the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation|place=London}}</ref> but it is currently considered a separate genus comprising seven species.<ref name=GlobIZ/>

The North American, European and African ''Udea'' species have been treated in several studies, and a number of species groups has been proposed (see below).<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/><ref name=Munroe-1966>{{cite journal|last=Munroe|first=Eugene G.|date=1966|title=Revision of the North American species of ''Udea'' Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)|journal=Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada|volume=49|pages=1–57|doi=10.4039/entm9849fv}}</ref><ref name=Mally-eal-2016>{{cite journal|last1=Mally|first1=Richard|last2=Segerer|first2=Andreas H.|last3=Nuss|first3=Matthias|date=2016|title=''Udea ruckdescheli'' sp. n. from Crete and its phylogenetic relationships (Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Spilomelinae)|journal=Nota Lepidopterologica|volume=39|issue=2|pages=123–135|url=https://nl.pensoft.net/article/9090/download/pdf/283692|doi=10.3897/nl.39.9090|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Mally-eal-2018>{{cite journal|last1=Mally|first1=Richard|last2=Huemer|first2=Peter|last3=Nuss|first3=Matthias|date=2018|title=Deep intraspecific DNA barcode splits and hybridisation in the ''Udea alpinalis'' group (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Crambidae) – an integrative revision|journal=ZooKeys|issue=746|pages=51–90|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22020/download/pdf/287988|doi=10.3897/zookeys.746.22020|pmid=29674896|doi-access=free|pmc=5904419}}</ref><ref name=Mally-eal-2022>{{cite journal |last1=Mally |first1=Richard |last2=Aarvik |first2=Leif |last3=Karisch |first3=Timm |last4=Lees |first4=David C. |last5=Malm |first5=Tobias |date=2022 |title=Revision of Afrotropical ''Udea'' Guenée in Duponchel, 1845, with description of five new species of the ''U. ferrugalis'' (Hübner, 1796) group (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) |journal=Nota Lepidopterologica |volume=45 |pages=315–353 |url=https://nl.pensoft.net/article/94938/list/11/ |doi=10.3897/nl.45.94938|doi-access=free |hdl=10852/101320 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

==Species== [[File:Udea ferrugalis01.jpg|thumb|right|''Udea ferrugalis'', adult]] [[File:Pyraustinae - Udea lutealis.JPG|thumb|right|''Udea lutealis'', adult]] [[File:Udea prunalis.jpg|thumb|right|''Udea prunalis'', adult]] [[File:Udea olivalis FvL.jpg|thumb|right|''Udea olivalis'', adult]]

{{div col}} '''''Udea ferrugalis'' species group:'''<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/> *''Udea accolalis'' <small>(Zeller, 1867)</small> *''Udea azorensis'' <small>Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997</small> *''Udea delineatalis'' <small>(Walker in Melliss, 1875)</small> *''Udea exigualis'' <small>(Wileman, 1911)</small> *''Udea ferrugalis'' <small>(Hübner, 1796)</small> *''Udea heterodoxa'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea kirinyaga'' <small>Mally in Mally et al., 2022</small> *''Udea liopis'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea lugubralis'' <small>(Leech, 1889)</small> *''Udea maderensis'' <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1894)</small> *''Udea meruensis'' <small>Mally in Mally et al., 2022</small> *''Udea momella'' <small>Mally in Mally et al., 2022</small> *''Udea montensis'' <small>Mutuura, 1954</small> *''Udea namaquana'' <small>Karisch & Mally in Mally et al., 2022</small> *''Udea nicholsae'' <small>Mally in Mally et al., 2022</small> *''Udea nordmani'' <small>(Rebel, 1935)</small> *''Udea profundalis'' <small>(Packard, 1873)</small> *''Udea pyranthes'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea rubigalis'' <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small> *''Udea rusticalis'' <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)</small> *''Udea stationalis'' <small>Yamanaka, 1988</small> *''Udea swezeyi'' <small>(Zimmerman, 1951)</small>

'''''Udea itysalis'' species group:'''<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/> *''Udea abstrusa'' <small>Munroe, 1966</small> *''Udea beringialis'' <small>Munroe, 1966</small> *''Udea brevipalpis'' <small>Munroe, 1966</small> *''Udea cacuminicola'' <small>Munroe, 1966)</small> *''Udea costalis'' <small>(Eversmann, 1852)</small> *''Udea derasa'' <small>Munroe, 1966</small> *''Udea itysalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea livida'' <small>Munroe, 1966</small> *''Udea radiosalis'' <small>(Möschler, 1883)</small> *''Udea tachdirtalis'' <small>(Zerny, 1935)</small> *''Udea turmalis'' <small>(Grote, 1881)</small>

'''''Udea numeralis'' species group:'''<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/><ref name=Mally-eal-2016/> *''Udea ardekanalis'' <small>Amsel, 1961</small> *''Udea bipunctalis'' <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)</small> *''Udea confinalis'' <small>(Lederer, 1858)</small> *''Udea cyanalis'' <small>(La Harpe, 1855)</small> *''Udea exalbalis'' <small>(Caradja, 1916)</small> *''Udea fimbriatralis'' <small>(Duponchel, 1833)</small> *''Udea fulvalis'' <small>(Hübner, 1809)</small> *''Udea hageni'' <small>Viette, 1952</small> *''Udea institalis'' <small>(Hübner, 1819)</small> *''Udea languidalis'' <small>(Eversmann, 1842)</small> *''Udea lutealis'' <small>(Hübner, 1809)</small> *''Udea numeralis'' <small>(Hübner, 1796)</small> *''Udea olivalis'' <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small> *''Udea praepetalis'' <small>(Lederer, 1869)</small> *''Udea ruckdescheli'' <small>Mally, Segerer & Nuss, 2016</small> *''Udea tritalis'' <small>(Christoph, 1881)</small> *''Udea zernyi'' <small>(Klima in Zerny, 1940)</small>

'''''Udea alpinalis'' species group:'''<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/><ref name=Mally-eal-2018/> *''Udea alpinalis'' <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small> *''Udea altaica'' <small>(Zerny, 1914)</small> *''Udea austriacalis'' <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)</small> *''Udea bourgognealis'' <small>Leraut, 1996</small> *''Udea carniolica'' <small>Huemer & Tarmann, 1989</small> *''Udea cretacea'' <small>(Filipjev, 1925)</small> *''Udea donzelalis'' <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small> *''Udea juldusalis'' <small>(Zerny, 1914)</small> *''Udea murinalis'' <small>(Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1842)</small> *''Udea nebulalis'' <small>(Hübner, 1796)</small> *''Udea plumbalis'' <small>(Zerny, 1914)</small> *''Udea rhododendronalis'' <small>(Duponchel, 1834)</small> *''Udea uliginosalis'' <small>(Stephens, 1834)</small>

'''''Udea decrepitalis'' species group:'''<ref name=Mally-Nuss-2011/> *''Udea decrepitalis'' <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)</small> *''Udea hamalis'' <small>(Thunberg, 1792)</small> *''Udea inquinatalis'' <small>(Lienig & Zeller, 1846)</small> *''Udea prunalis'' <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small>

'''Species unplaced in any species group:''' *''Udea absolutalis'' <small>(Dyar, 1913)</small> *''Udea aenigmatica'' <small>(Heinrich, 1931)</small> *''Udea affinialis'' <small>(Zerny, 1914)</small> *''Udea afghanalis'' <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small> *''Udea aksualis'' <small>(Caradja, 1928)</small> *''Udea alaskalis'' <small>(Gibson, 1920)</small> *''Udea albipunctalis'' <small>Dognin, 1905</small> *''Udea albostriata'' <small>Zhang & Li, 2016</small> *''Udea amitina'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea angustalis'' <small>(Dognin, 1905)</small> *''Udea annectans'' <small>Munroe, 1974</small> *''Udea argoscelis'' <small>(Meyrick, 1888)</small> *''Udea asychanalis'' <small>(Druce, 1899)</small> *''Udea auratalis'' <small>(Warren, 1895)</small> *''Udea aurora'' <small>(Butler, 1881)</small> *''Udea autoclesalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea berberalis'' <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)</small> *''Udea binoculalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1904)</small> *''Udea brontias'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea bryochloris'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea caliginosalis'' <small>(Ragonot, 1894)</small> *''Udea calliastra'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea caminopis'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea capsifera'' <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small> *''Udea cataphaea'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea chalcophanes'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea chloropis'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea chytropa'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea cinerea'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea conisalias'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea constricta'' <small>(Butler, 1882)</small> *''Udea conubialis'' <small>Yamanaka, 1972</small> *''Udea coranialis'' <small>Munroe, 1967</small> *''Udea costiplaga'' <small>(Dognin, 1913)</small> *''Udea crambialis'' <small>(Druce, 1899)</small> *''Udea curvata'' <small>Zhang & Li, 2016</small> *''Udea decoripennis'' <small>Munroe, 1967</small> *''Udea defectalis'' <small>(Sauber, 1899)</small> *''Udea despecta'' <small>(Butler, 1877)</small> *''Udea detersalis'' <small>(Walker, 1866)</small> *''Udea diopsalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small> *''Udea dracontias'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea dryadopa'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea elutalis'' <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small> *''Udea endopyra'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea endotrichialis'' <small>(Hampson, 1918)</small> *''Udea ennychioides'' <small>(Butler, 1881)</small> *''Udea ephippias'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea eucrena'' <small>(Meyrick, 1888)</small> *''Udea ferrealis'' <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small> *''Udea flavofimbriata'' <small>(Moore, 1888)</small> *''Udea fulcrialis'' <small>(Sauber, 1899)</small> *''Udea fumipennis'' <small>(Warren, 1892)</small> *''Udea fusculalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1899)</small> *''Udea gigantalis'' <small>Dognin, 1912</small> *''Udea grisealis'' <small>Inoue, Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2008</small> *''Udea helioxantha'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea helviusalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea hyalistis'' <small>(Lower, 1902)</small> *''Udea ialis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea ichinosawana'' <small>(Matsumura, 1925)</small> *''Udea illineatalis'' <small>(Dognin, 1904)</small> *''Udea incertalis'' <small>(Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937)</small> *''Udea indistincta'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea indistinctalis'' <small>Warren, 1892</small> *''Udea inferioralis'' <small>(Walker, 1866)</small> *''Udea inhospitalis'' <small>Warren, 1892</small> *''Udea intermedia'' <small>Inoue, Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2008</small> *''Udea karagaialis'' <small>(Caradja, 1916)</small> *''Udea khorassanalis'' <small>(Amsel, 1950)</small> *''Udea kusnezovi'' <small>Sinev, 2008</small> *''Udea lagunalis'' <small>(Schaus, 1913)</small> *''Udea lampadias'' <small>(Meyrick, 1904)</small> *''Udea latipennalis'' <small>(Caradja, 1928)</small> *''Udea lenta'' <small>(Meyrick, 1936)</small> *''Udea lerautalis'' <small>Tautel, 2014</small> *''Udea litorea'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea mandronalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea mechedalis'' <small>(Amsel, 1950)</small> *''Udea melanephra'' <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small> *''Udea melanopis'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea melanosticta'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea metasema'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea micacea'' <small>(Butler, 1881)</small> *''Udea minnehaha'' <small>(Pryer, 1877)</small> *''Udea montanalis'' <small>(Schaus, 1912)</small> *''Udea monticolens'' <small>(Butler, 1882)</small> *''Udea nea'' <small>(Strand, 1918)</small> *''Udea nebulatalis'' <small>Inoue, Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2008</small> *''Udea nigrescens'' <small>(Butler, 1881)</small> *''Udea nigripunctata'' <small>Warren, 1892</small> *''Udea nigrostigmalis'' <small>Warren, 1896</small> *''Udea nomophilodes'' <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small> *''Udea nordeggensis'' <small>(McDunnough, 1929)</small> *''Udea ochreocapitalis'' <small>(Ragonot, 1894)</small> *''Udea ochropera'' <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small> *''Udea octosignalis'' <small>(Hulst, 1886)</small> *''Udea ommatias'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea orbicentralis'' <small>(Christoph, 1881)</small> *''Udea pachygramma'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea paghmanalis'' <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small> *''Udea phaealis'' <small>(Hampson, 1899)</small> *''Udea phaethontia'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea phyllostegia'' <small>(Swezey, 1946)</small> *''Udea planalis'' <small>(South in Leech & South, 1901)</small> *''Udea platyleuca'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea poasalis'' <small>(Schaus, 1912)</small> *''Udea poliostolalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1918)</small> *''Udea praefulvalis'' <small>(Amsel, 1970)</small> *''Udea proximalis'' <small>Inoue, Yamanaka & Sasaki, 2008</small> *''Udea pseudocrocealis'' <small>(South in Leech & South, 1901)</small> *''Udea psychropa'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea punctiferalis'' <small>(South in Leech & South, 1901)</small> *''Udea punoalis'' <small>Munroe, 1967</small> *''Udea pyraustiformis'' <small>(Toll, 1948)</small> *''Udea ragonotii'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea renalis'' <small>Moore, 1888</small> *''Udea russispersalis'' <small>(Zerny, 1914)</small> *''Udea sabulosalis'' <small>Warren, 1892</small> *''Udea saxifragae'' <small>(McDunnough, 1935)</small> *''Udea schaeferi'' <small>(Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937)</small> *''Udea scoparialis'' <small>(Hampson, 1899)</small> *''Udea scorialis'' <small>(Zeller, 1847)</small> *''Udea secernalis'' <small>(Möschler, 1890)</small> *''Udea secticostalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1913)</small> *''Udea sheppardi'' <small>(McDunnough, 1929)</small> *''Udea simplicella'' <small>(La Harpe, 1861)</small> *''Udea sobrinalis'' <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small> *''Udea soratalis'' <small>Munroe, 1967</small> *''Udea stellata'' <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> *''Udea stigmatalis'' <small>(Wileman, 1911)</small> *''Udea subplanalis'' <small>(Caradja in Caradja & Meyrick, 1937)</small> *''Udea suisharyonensis'' <small>(Strand, 1918)</small> *''Udea suralis'' <small>(Schaus, 1933)</small> *''Udea tenoalis'' <small>Munroe, 1974</small> *''Udea testacea'' <small>(Butler, 1879)</small> *''Udea tetragramma'' <small>(J. F. G. Clarke, 1965)</small> *''Udea thermantis'' <small>(Meyrick, 1899)</small> *''Udea thermantoidis'' <small>(Swezey, 1913)</small> *''Udea thoonalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea thyalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> *''Udea torvalis'' <small>(Möschler, 1864)</small> *''Udea umbriferalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1918)</small> *''Udea uralica'' <small>Slamka, 2013</small> *''Udea vacunalis'' <small>(Grote, 1881)</small> *''Udea vastalis'' <small>(Christoph in Romanoff, 1887)</small> *''Udea violae'' <small>(Swezey, 1933)</small> *''Udea viridalis'' <small>(Dognin, 1904)</small> *''Udea washingtonalis'' <small>(Grote, 1882)</small> {{div col end}}

==Former species== *''Udea catilualis'' <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>, synonymized with ''Udea numeralis''<ref name=Slamka-2013>{{cite book|last=Slamka|first=František|date=2013|title=Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of Europe, Volume 3 – Pyraustinae & Spilomelinae|publisher=František Slamka|pages=1–360|isbn=978-80-969052-8-7}}</ref> *''Udea conquisitalis'' <small>(Guenee, 1849)</small>, transferred to the Glaphyriinae genus ''Evergestis''<ref name=GlobIZ/> *''Udea epicoena'' <small>(Meyrick, 1937)</small>, a synonym of ''Udea ferrugalis''<ref name=Mally-eal-2022/> *''Udea illutalis'' <small>(Guenée, 1854)</small>, a synonym of ''Udea numeralis''<ref name=Slamka-2013/> *''Udea infuscalis'' <small>Zeller, 1852</small>, transferred to the Pyraustinae genus ''Lirabotys''<ref name=Mally-eal-2022/> *''Udea melanostictalis'' <small>(Hampson in Poulton, 1916)</small>, transferred to the Pyraustinae genus ''Achyra''<ref name=Mally-eal-2022/> *''Udea pauperalis'' <small>(Staudinger, 1879)</small>, transferred to the Pyraustinae genus ''Pyrausta''<ref name=Slamka-2013/> *''Udea perfervidalis'' <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>, transferred to the Spilomelinae genus ''Metasia''<ref name=Slamka-2013/> *''Udea sviridovi'' <small>Bolshakov, 2002</small>, synonymized with ''Udea exalbalis''<ref name=Slamka-2013/>

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