Conogethes
Conogethes is a genus of moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The currently 17 recognized species are distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realm. The genus contains several species that are considered pests on economically important food plants such as "Ipomoea", "Elettaria" and "Curcuma", on ornamental plants like "Alpinia", and on "Shorea", "Dipterocarpus" and several genera of the pine family, which are used as timber trees. Within Spilomelinae, "Conogethes" is placed in the species-rich tribus Margaroniini, where it was found to be closely related to the genera "Azochis", "Ghesquierellana" and "Megastes". Imagines of "Conogethes" resemble  in their wing pattern those of "Marwitzia", the "Polygrammodes eleuata" species complex and "Syllepte incomptalis", and to a lesser degree "Dichocrocis", "Notarcha" and "Trigonobela". The polyphagous "Conogethes punctiferalis" is a major pest species in India, Southeast Asia and Australia and has therefore been the focus of extensive research. In several cases, populations of "C. punctiferalis" associated with different hosts were found, eventually resulting in the recognition of different species, such as "C. parvipunctalis", "C. pinicolalis" and "C. sahyadriensis". DNA barcoding data indicates several additional undescribed species, and a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus is required to unravel the validity  and circumscription of these new species. DNA barcode data for altogether 25 operational taxonomic units or BINs (Barcode Index Numbers) of "Conogethes" are stored in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD), although only sequences of 19 of these BINs (or putative species) are publicly accessible.