''Aglossa'' is a

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of small

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belonging to the

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Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western

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, though some species have been introduced elsewhere. This genus is remarkable for the

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s, which in some

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are able to feed on a wide range of materials that are not usually eaten by

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e, such as dead

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s, manure and

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. The caterpillars of other ''Aglossa'' (e.g. '' A. signicostalis'') are myrmecophilous.Grabe (1942) Adults of the

grease moth ''Aglossa cuprina'', the grease moth, is a snout moth, family Pyralidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872. The grease moth is closely related to the genus '' Pyralis'', and as a result, is usually associated with the meal moth, ''P ...

(''A. cuprina'') sometimes eat

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s such as suet.

Species

* '' Aglossa acallalis'' Dyar, 1908 * '' Aglossa aglossalis'' * ''

Aglossa asiatica ''Aglossa asiatica'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1872. It is found in Uzbekistan, Syria, Iran, Pakistan and on Crete and Cyprus. Taxonomy It is sometimes listed as a ...

'' * '' Aglossa aurocupralis'' * '' Aglossa baba'' Dyar, 1914 * ''

Aglossa brabanti ''Aglossa brabanti'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Aglossa''. It was described by Ragonot in 1884, and is known from France and the Iberian Peninsula. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the dis ...

'' Ragonot, 1884 * '' Aglossa cacamica'' (Dyar, 1913) * '' Aglossa caprealis'' (Hübner,

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– stored grain moth * '' Aglossa capsalis'' * '' Aglossa costiferalis'' (Walker, 1886) * '' Aglossa cuprina'' (Zeller, 1872) – grease moth * '' Aglossa dimidiatus'' (Haworth, 1809) * '' Aglossa disciferalis'' (Dyar, 1908) * '' Aglossa electalis'' Hulst, 1866 * ''

Aglossa exsucealis ''Aglossa exsucealis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863 from Beirut, Lebanon. It is also found on Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , l ...

'' * '' Aglossa fumifusalis'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Aglossa furva'' Heinrich, 1931 * '' Aglossa gigantalis'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1925 * ''

Aglossa gracilalis ''Aglossa gracilalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Rebel, in 1914, and is known from Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning t ...

'' * '' Aglossa humberti'' (Viette, 1973) * '' Aglossa inconspicua'' Butler, 1875 * '' Aglossa incultalis'' Zeller, 1852 * '' Aglossa infuscalis'' Hampson, 1906 * '' Aglossa micalialis'' * ''

Aglossa mineti ''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere. This genus is remarkabl ...

'' Leraut, 2006 * ''

Aglossa obliteralis ''Aglossa obliteralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Turati, in 1930, and is known from Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat L ...

'' * ''

Aglossa ocellalis ''Aglossa ocellalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863 and is known from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is one record of an accidental introduction from Scotl ...

'' * '' Aglossa oculalis'' Hampson, 1906 * '' Aglossa phaealis'' Hampson, 1906 * ''

Aglossa pinguinalis ''Aglossa pinguinalis'', the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The forewings are greyish brown clouded with a da ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – large tabby moth * '' Aglossa pulveralis'' * '' Aglossa rabatalis'' * '' Aglossa republicana'' Kemal, Kızıldağ & Koçak, 2020 * '' Aglossa rhodalis'' Hampson, 1906 * '' Aglossa rubralis'' Hampson, 1900 * ''

Aglossa signicostalis ''Aglossa signicostalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was first described by Staudinger, in 1871, and is known from Israel, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Greece. ...

'' Staudinger, 1871 * '' Aglossa steralis'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 * '' Aglossa subpurpuralis'' * '' Aglossa suppunctalis'' * '' Aglossa tanya'' * '' Aglossa tenebrosalis'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Aglossa thamii'' * ''

Aglossa tinealis ''Aglossa tinealis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2007 and is known from Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its west ...

Footnotes

References

* * Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars" ''Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins'' 27: 105-109

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