Chilo is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. Some of these moths are called borers.
Proboscis absent. Palpi porrect, clothes with rough hair, and extending from two and a half to three length of head. Maxillary palp dilated with scales at extremity. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae minutely serrate and ciliated. Tibia with outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Fore wings with the apex rectangular in male, typically acute and produced in female. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 4,5 well separated at origin. Vein 7 straight and well separated from veins 8 and 9. Vein 10 free, whereas vein 11 curved and approximated to vein 12. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4,5 from angle and veins 6,7 from upper angle.
Chilo agamemnon Bleszynski, 1962Chilo aleniella (Strand, 1913)Chilo argyrogramma Hampson, 1919Chilo argyropasta (Hampson, 1919)Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905Chilo bandra (Kapur, 1950)Chilo batri (Fletcher, 1928)Chilo ceylonica Hampson, 1896Chilo chiriquitensis (Zeller, 1877)Chilo christophi Bleszynski, 1965Chilo cinnamomellus Berg, 1875Chilo costifusalis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo crypsimetalla (Turner, 1911)Chilo dailingensis Wang & Sung, 1981Chilo demotellus Walker, 1866Chilo diffusilinea (Joannis, 1927)Chilo erianthalis Capps, 1963Chilo flavirufalis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo heracleus Zeller, 1877Chilo ikri (Fletcher, 1928)Chilo incerta (Sjöstedt, 1926)Chilo infuscatellus Snellen, 1890Chilo ingloriellus Möschler, 1882Chilo kanra (Fletcher, 1928)Chilo leucealis (Marion, 1957)Chilo ingulatellus Wang & Sung, 1981Chilo louisiadalis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo luniferalis Hampson, 1896Chilo luteellus (Motschulsky 1866)Chilo mercatorius Bleszynski, 1970Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo niponella (Thunberg, 1788)Chilo orichalcociliella (Strand, 1911)Chilo panici Wang & Sung, 1981Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885)Chilo perfusalis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo phragmitella (Hübner, 1805)Chilo plejadellus Zincken, 1821Chilo polychrysus (Meyrick, 1932)Chilo prophylactes Meyrick, 1934Chilo psammathis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo pulverata (Wileman & South, 1917)Chilo pulverosellus Ragonot 1895Chilo quirimbellus Bleszynski, 1970Chilo recalvus (Wallengren, 1876)Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer et al., 1856)Chilo spatiosellus Möschler, 1882Chilo subbivittalis (Gaede, 1917)Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1860)Chilo tamsi Kapur, 1950Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher, 1900Chilo thyrsis Bleszynski, 1963Chilo tumidicostalis (Hampson, 1919)Chilo vergilius Bleszynski, 1970Chilo yichunensis Wang & Sung, 1981Chilo zacconius Bleszynski, 1970Chilo zizaniae Wang & Sung, 1981Chilo zoriandellus Bleszynski, 1970Chilo decrepitellus Zincken, 1821 [nomen oblitum], described from GermanyChilo williami (Joannis, 1927)
