Belongs within: Crambini.
Crambus, the sod webworms, is a diverse genus of pale-coloured moths whose larvae feed primarily on grasses.
Characters (from Latreille 1802): Wings elongate, narrow, molded to the body. Four forward-directed palps, furnished with scales, forming an almost conical beak; terminal segment short.
Crambus Fabricius 1798LLN19
|--C. argyreusG20
|--C. carneusL02
|--C. cuneiferellus [incl. C. microphaeellus]M86
|--C. dicrenellusP27
|--C. fascelinellusP01
|--C. flexuosellusL27
|--C. grammiculellus Guénée 1849E12
|--C. lathoniellusLLN19
|--C. luteellusP01
|--C. malacellusP27
|--C. minuellusH01
|--C. pascuumL02
|--C. perlellus [incl. C. warringtonellus]C90
|--C. pinetiR26
|--C. pratellusLLN19
|--C. pratorumR26
|--C. ramosellusL27
|--C. tuhualisL27
`--C. uliginosellusLLN19
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[C90] Chrétien, P. 1890. Observations suivantes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6e série 9: cxxix–cxxx.
[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.
[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.
[H01] Hampson, G. F. 1901. The Lepidoptera-Phalaenae of the Bahamas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 246–261.
[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.
[LLN19] Léger, T., B. Landry & M. Nuss. 2019. Phylogeny, character evolution and tribal classification in Crambinae and Scopariinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Systematic Entomology 44: 757–776.
[L27] Lindsay, S. 1927. A list of the Lepidoptera of Deans Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 693–696.
[M86] Meyrick, E. 1886. Notes on synonymy of Australian micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (3): 803–806.
[P01] Pável, J. 1901. Lepkék [Lepidopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 171–177. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.
[P27] Philpott, A. 1927. The maxillae in the Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 721–746.
[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.