''Fregenia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

snout moth 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 ...

genus described by

Friedrich Hartig Friedrich Maria Heinrich Anton Franz-Joseph Hartig or Federico Hartig (29 August 1900, Bolzano – 24 June 1980, Merano) was an Italian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Friedrich Hartig was a ''Reichsgraf Imperial Count (german: Re ...

in 1948. Its only member, ''Fregenia prolai'', is found in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. The type locality is

Fregene Fregenae ( el, ; it, Fregene), was a maritime town of ancient Etruria, situated between Alsium and the mouth of the Tiber. The modern Fregene is an Italian hamlet (''frazione'') of Fiumicino, in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio. As of 2012 i ...

."''Fregenia'' Hartig, 1947"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

References

Anerastiini Endemic fauna of Italy Monotypic moth genera Moths of Europe Pyralidae genera {{Anerastiini-stub