Charltona

Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by 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.

Species

 * Charltona actinialis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona albimixtalis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona argyrastis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona ariadna Błeszyński, 1970
 * Charltona atrifascialis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona bivitellus (Moore, 1872)
 * Charltona cervinellus (Moore, 1872) (including C. interruptellus, which may be distinct)
 * Charltona chrysopasta Hampson, 1910
 * Charltona cramboides (Walker, 1865)
 * Charltona desistalis (Walker, 1863)
 * Charltona diatraeella (Hampson, 1896)
 * Charltona endothermalis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona fusca Hampson, 1903
 * Charltona inconspicuellus (Moore, 1872)
 * Charltona interstitalis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona kala C. Swinhoe, 1886
 * Charltona laminata Hampson, 1896
 * Charltona ortellus (C. Swinhoe, 1887)
 * Charltona plurivittalis Hampson, 1910
 * Charltona rufalis Hampson, 1919
 * Charltona synaula Meyrick, 1933
 * Charltona trichialis (Hampson, 1903)
 * Charltona tritonella (Hampson, 1898)

Status unclear

 * Charltona consociellus (Walker, 1863)