''Elophila'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1822.
Species
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Elophila acornutus''
Agassiz, 2012
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Elophila africalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Elophila aristodora''
(Turner, 1908)
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Elophila atlantica''
(Munroe, 1972)
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Elophila bourgognei''
Leraut, 2001
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Elophila difflualis''
(Snellen, 1880)
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Elophila ealensis''
(Agassiz, 2012)
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Elophila ekthlipsis''
(Grote, 1876)
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Elophila faulalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Elophila feili''
Speidel, 2002
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Elophila fengwhanalis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila fluvialis''
(Schaus, 1912)
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Elophila fulvalis''
(Hampson, 1899)
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Elophila gurgitalis''
(Lederer, 1863)
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Elophila gyralis''
(Hulst, 1886)
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Elophila icciusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Elophila interruptalis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila manilensis''
(Hampson, 1917)
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Elophila maralis''
(Schaus, 1920)
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Elophila melagynalis''
(D. J. L. Agassiz, 1978)
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Elophila melanolepis''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Elophila minima''
Agassiz, 2012
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Elophila minimalis''
(Saalmüller, 1880)
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Elophila minoralis''
(Mabille, 1881)
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Elophila monetalis''
(Snellen, 1880)
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Elophila nebulosalis''
(Fernald, 1887)
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Elophila nigralbalis''
(Caradja, 1925)
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Elophila nigrolinealis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila nuda''
F.Q. Chen, C.S. Wu & D.Y. Xue, 2010
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Elophila nymphaeata
''Elophila nymphaeata'', the brown china mark, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to the Russian Far Eas ...
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Linnaeus, 1758– brown china-mark
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Elophila obliteralis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Elophila occidentalis''
(Lange, 1956)
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Elophila orientalis''
(Filipjev, 1933)
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Elophila palliolatalis''
(Swinhoe, 1890)
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Elophila radiospinula''
F.Q. Chen, C.S. Wu & D.Y. Xue, 2010
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Elophila responsalis''
(Walker, 1866)
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Elophila rivulalis''
Duponchel, 1834
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Elophila roesleri''
Speidel, 1984
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Elophila rosetta''
(Meyrick, 1938)
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Elophila scitalis''
(Swinhoe, 1885)
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Elophila separatalis''
(Leech, 1889)
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Elophila serralinealis''
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
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Elophila sinicalis''
(Hampson, 1897)
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Elophila tenebralis''
(Lower, 1902)
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Elophila tinealis''
(Munroe, 1972)
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Elophila turbata
''Elophila turbata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae found in Africa and Asia. It was first described by the English entomologist Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881 from a specimen found in Yokohama, Japan.
Description
The ground colour of the f ...
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(Butler, 1881)
References
* 2010: A review of the genus ''Elophila'' Hübner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae). ''Aquatic Insects'' 32 (1): 35-60. .
* , 1999
Catalogue of the Oriental ''Acentropinae'' (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 142 (1): 125-142.
* 1985
A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) ''Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto'' 37: 1–162.
External links
Genus ''Elophila'' on Fauna Europaea
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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