Crambidae has been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae, although in this site, we will treat Crambidae as a family on its own. The family currently comprises 15 subfamilies with 10,347 species spread over 1,000 genera. They are variable in appearance, and with the subfamily Crambinae they assume closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies are brightly coloured and patterned and rest in wings spread.
Crambids tend to affect crops and gardens due to their abundance in human habitats. Beneficial crambids include the water hyacinth moth (Niphograpta albiguttalis), used to control its host (Eichhornia crassipes).
Crambid larvae are typically stem borers of the grass family; Gramineae. As this family contains many important crops, some Crambidae species are pests.
Source: Wikipedia
Subfamily Acentropinae (China-mark Moths)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Eristena-sp.-Singapore-086A8512-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Paracymoriza-inextricata-Doi-Inthanon-Chiangmai-0F1A3919-1024x683.jpg)
(Doi Inthanon, Thailand)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parapoynx-diminutalis-Singapore-086A3965-edited-scaled.jpg)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Parapoynx-villidalis-Crambidae-Singapore-086A4118-edited-scaled.jpg)
Subfamily Crambinae
Tribe Chiloini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Myelobia-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A7309-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
Tribe Crambini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Crambus-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A8203-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Crambus-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A8235-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
Subfamily Galleriinae
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Galleriinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A7059-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Subfamily Glaphyriinae
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Crocidolomia-sp.-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6711-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Subfamily Lathrotelinae
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sufetula-sp.-Singapore-0K0A1468-1024x683.jpg)
Subfamily Musotiminae
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Aeolopetra-sp.-Singapore-0F1A4534-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lygomusotima-stria-Singapore-086A3999-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Siamusotima-aranea-Crambidae-Doi-Inthanon-Chiangmai-0F1A4483-1024x683.jpg)
(Doi Inthanon, Thailand)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Undulambia-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A7728-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Undulambia-sp.-nov-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A5257-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Undulambia-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A5799-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
Subfamily Odontiinae
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pitama-hermesalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6789-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Tribe Eurrhypini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pseudonoorda-nigropunctalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5230-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Tribe Odontiini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cynaeda-dichroalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A7138-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Subfamily Pyraustinae
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mabra-nigriscripta-Crambidae-Singapore-086A0229-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Niphostola-sp.-Singapore-086A7046-1024x688.jpg)
(Singapore)
Tribe Pyraustini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Carminibotys-sp.-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6298-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Circobotys-occultilinea-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A7654-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pagyda-salvalis-Crambidae-Pyraustinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5615-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Prooedema-inscisalis-Crambidae-Pyraustinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A2525-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Subfamily Spilomelinae (Pearl Moths)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Atelocentra-sp.-Singapore-086A2271-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Coptobasis-mesospectralis-Singapore-086A4173-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Dichocrocis-zebralis-Crambidae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6667-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Malickyella-lobophoralis-G.-Ledang-Malaysia-0F1A0136-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Johore, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Metoeca-foedalis-Crambidae-Singapore-086A7403-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Metoeca-sp.-Singapore-086A7389-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Nevrina-procopia-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5386-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Piletocera-sodalis-Singapore-086A0561-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pycnarmon-jaguaralis-Singapore-086A7421-1-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pylartes-subcostalis-Crambidae-Singapore-0F1A0684-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Syllepte-fabiusalis-G.-Mulu-NP-Sarawak-Malaysia-0F1A2864-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sarawak, Malaysia)
Tribe Agroterini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Aetholix-flavibasalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4256-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Agrotera-basinotata-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5793-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Neoanalthes-nebulalis-Doi-Inthanon-Thailand-0F1A1821-1024x683.jpg)
(Doi Inthanon, Thailand)
Tribe Herpetogrammatini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Eurrhyparodes-tricoloralis-Singapore-086A7898-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
Tribe Hydririni
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hydriris-ornatalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A2748-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lamprosema-sp.-Crambidae-Singapore-0F1A0744-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
Tribe Hymeniini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Spoladea-recurvalis-Crambidae-Singapore-086A7431-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
Tribe Margaroniini (A-G)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Agathodes-sp.-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5271-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Agrioglypta-itysalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A1825-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Arthroschista-hilaralis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4012-1024x685.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Arthroschista-tricoloralis-Crambidae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A1539-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Anarmodia-sp.-Tandayapa-Ecuador-0F1A9569-1024x683.jpg)
(Tandayapa, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Azochis-mactalis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6152-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Azochis-rufidiscalis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A7975-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Azochis-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6723-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Azochis-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6851-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Caprinia-periusalis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A8196-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chabula-sphenocosma-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4095-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Chabula-trivitralis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5294-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cirrhochrista-brizoalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A8350-1024x682.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cirrhochrista-kosemponialis-Singapore-086A9765-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cirrhochrista-pulchellalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A7979-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Condylorrhiza-vestigialis-Singapore-086A5580-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Conogethes-sp.-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6535-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Ghesquierellana-hirtusalis-Andasibe-Madagascar-0F1A0477-1024x683.jpg)
(Andasibe, Madagascar)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Glyphodes-actorionalis-Crambidae-Singapore-086A1217-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Glyphodes-canthusalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5180-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Glyphodes-extorris-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6487-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Glyphodes-grandisalis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6325-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Glyphodes-stolalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5760-1-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Glyphodes-sp.-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4978-1-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Tribe Margaroniini (M-S)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Maruca-vitrata-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6736-1-1024x685.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Megastes-spilosoma-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A5740-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Omiodes-dohrnii-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5429-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pachynoa-purpuralis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A3592-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pachynoa-spilosomoides-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A2038-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pachynoa-thoosalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5186-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pachynoa-sp.-Crambidae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A2467-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pachynoa-sp.-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A3586-1024x690.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Parotis-laceritalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4168-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Parotis-sp.-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4114-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Polygrammodes-eleuata-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A8368-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Polygrammodes-quatrilis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6546-1-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Polygrammodes-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A7986-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Prenesta-latifascialis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6488-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Meroctena-tullalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4903-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rhimphalea-astrigalis-Poring-Kinabalu-NP-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5414-1024x680.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rhimphalea-heranialis-Bako-NP-Sarawak-Malaysia-0F1A9031-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sarawak, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rhimphalea-ocularis-Poring-Kinabalu-NP-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A5410-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rhimphalea-cf-occularis-Singapore-086A6695-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rhimphalea-sp.-Singapore-086A6696-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Syngamilyta-apicolor-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A5899-1024x682.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Syngamilyta-sp.-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6437-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Talanga-sexpunctalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A6707-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tyspanodes-exathesalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A7095-1024x683.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Margaroniini-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A5716-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
Tribe Nomophilini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pardomima-amyntusalis-Crambidae-Spilomelinae-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4165-1024x696.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Perisyntrocha-ossealis-or-anialis-Crambidae-Singapore-0F1A0337-1024x698.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sameodes-pictalis-Trusmadi-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A4926-1024x699.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
Tribe Spilomelini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Aethaloessa-calidalis-Tawau-Hills-Sabah-Malaysia-0F1A0705-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Sabah, Malaysia)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cirrhocephalina-eucharisalis-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6418-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cnaphalocrocis-poeyalis-Singapore-086A7222-edited-scaled.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Siga-liris-Sumaco-Ecuador-0F1A6996-1024x683.jpg)
(Sumaco, Ecuador)
Tribe Steniini
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nacoleia-biformis-Singapore-086A6841-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nacoleia-sp.-Singapore-086A7022-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)
![](https://www.biodiversitysingapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nacoleia-sp.-Singapore-086A7052-1024x683.jpg)
(Singapore)