Chilo (moth)

Chilo
Chilo phragmitella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Chiloini
Genus: Chilo
Zincken, 1817
Synonyms
  • Borer Guenée, 1862
  • Chilona Sodoffsky, 1837
  • Chilotraea Kapur, 1950
  • Diphryx Grote, 1881
  • Hypiesta Hampson, 1919
  • Nephalia Turner, 1911
  • Silveria Dyar, 1925

Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.

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