''Aglossa'' is a

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of small moths belonging to the

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Pyralidae The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...

. It was described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...

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 caterpillars, which in some

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

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e, such as dead

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and straw. The caterpillars of other ''Aglossa'' (e.g. '' A. signicostalis'') are

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.Grabe (1942) Adults of the grease moth (''A. cuprina'') sometimes eat

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s such as

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Species

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

Aglossa aglossalis ''Aglossa aglossalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Ragonot, in 1892, and is known from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, Iran, India, Pakistan, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates The United Arab ...

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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 Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), of ...

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Aglossa aurocupralis ''Aglossa aurocupralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Ragonot, in 1891, and is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country ...

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Aglossa baba ''Aglossa baba'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in North America, including the type location of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a ...

'' Dyar, 1914 * '' Aglossa brabanti'' Ragonot, 1884 * ''

Aglossa cacamica ''Aglossa cacamica'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913. It is found in North America, including California. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ai ...

'' (Dyar, 1913) * ''

Aglossa caprealis __NOTOC__ ''Aglossa caprealis'', the stored grain moth, is a moth species of the family Pyralidae. It is found globally, though its native range is presumably the western Palearctic or nearby regions, as in other ''Aglossa'' species. The wings ...

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– stored grain moth * ''

Aglossa capsalis ''Aglossa capsalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1911 and is known from Tunisia (it was described from Gafsa Gafsa ( aeb, ڨفصة '; ar, قفصة qafṣah), originally calle ...

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Aglossa costiferalis ''Aglossa costiferalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa ''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 Eura ...

'' (Walker, 1886) * ''

Aglossa cuprina ''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, '' ...

'' (Zeller, 1872) – grease moth * ''

Aglossa dimidiatus ''Aglossa dimidiatus'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809 from London, Great Britain, but this is probably an accidental introduction. It is found in Gibraltar ) , anthem = ...

'' (Haworth, 1809) * '' Aglossa disciferalis'' (Dyar, 1908) * ''

Aglossa electalis ''Aglossa electalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1866. It is found in California, United States. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the di ...

'' Hulst, 1866 * '' Aglossa exsucealis'' * ''

Aglossa fumifusalis ''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 remarkable ...

'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Aglossa furva'' Heinrich, 1931 * ''

Aglossa gigantalis ''Aglossa gigantalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and is found in North America, including the type location of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Ho ...

'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1925 * '' Aglossa gracilalis'' * '' 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 remarkable ...

'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Aglossa obliteralis'' * '' Aglossa ocellalis'' * '' Aglossa oculalis'' Hampson, 1906 * ''

Aglossa phaealis ''Aglossa phaealis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by George Hampson in 1906 and is known from Lesotho and Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. I ...

'' Hampson, 1906 * '' Aglossa pinguinalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – large tabby moth * '' Aglossa pulveralis'' * '' Aglossa rabatalis'' * ''

Aglossa republicana ''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 remarkable ...

'' Kemal, Kızıldağ & Koçak, 2020 * '' Aglossa rhodalis'' Hampson, 1906 * '' Aglossa rubralis'' Hampson, 1900 * '' Aglossa signicostalis'' Staudinger, 1871 * '' Aglossa steralis'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 * '' Aglossa subpurpuralis'' * '' Aglossa suppunctalis'' * '' Aglossa tanya'' * '' Aglossa tenebrosalis'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Aglossa thamii'' * '' Aglossa tinealis''

Footnotes

References

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