Taxonomy of agriculturally important Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Karnataka, India

Spilomelinae includes several pest species on various crop plants and larvae act as shoot borers, fruit borers, leaf webbers, leaf folders and leaf rollers. In the current paper, Spilomelinae fauna associated with crop plants in Karnataka are reviewed. Totally, 27 species were collected and reared on their host plants. Of these, five species are new records from Karnataka. Further, the morphological characteristics of adults of all the 27 species are described with photographs and keys.