Subfamily Spilomelinae Guenée 1854
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Crambidae
Alternative spelling: Spilomelidae
Full reference: M. A. Guenée. 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Spécies Général des Lépidoptères. Tome Huitième. Deltoïdes et Pyralites 1-448
Parent taxon: Crambidae according to M. A. Solis et al. 2023
See also Mally et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Pyraustinae
Subtaxa: Steniini
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (MfN coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)