''Petrophila'' 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 genus was described by
Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
Species
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Petrophila aealis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Petrophila aeglesalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Petrophila aengusalis
''Petrophila aengusalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1924. Its type locality is Rio de Janeiro. The species was transferred from '' Argyractis'' to ''Petrophila
''Petrophila'' is a genus of moths ...
''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila albulalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
*''
Petrophila alvealis''
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
*''
Petrophila amethystina''
(Schaus, 1912)
*''
Petrophila anna
''Petrophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
Species
*''Petrophila aealis'' (Walker, 1859)
*''Petrophila aeglesalis'' (Walker, 1859)
*''Petrophila aengusalis'' (Schaus, 1924)
* ...
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(Solis & Tuskes, 2018)
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Petrophila annulalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
*''
Petrophila argyrolepta''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila argyrophora''
(Hampson, 1917)
*''
Petrophila aroalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila auspicatalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
*''
Petrophila avernalis
''Petrophila avernalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming
Wyoming ...
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(Grote, 1878)
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Petrophila axis''
(Hampson, 1895)
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Petrophila aztecalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
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Petrophila bedealis''
(Schaus, 1924)
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Petrophila benezetalis
''Petrophila benezetalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both S ...
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(Schaus, 1924)
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Petrophila bifascialis
''Petrophila bifascialis'', the two-banded petrophila moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson in 1869. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to ...
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(Robinson, 1869)
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Petrophila bijonalis
''Petrophila bijonalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), i ...
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(Dyar, 1914)
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Petrophila brunneodora
''Petrophila brunneodora'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), ...
''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila cabimalis
''Petrophila cabimalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression ...
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(Dyar, 1914)
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Petrophila canadensis
''Petrophila canadensis'', the Canadian petrophila moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Canada and the north-eastern United S ...
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(Munroe, 1972)
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Petrophila cappsi
''Petrophila cappsi'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Harry Lange in 1956. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a st ...
''
(Lange, 1956)
*''
Petrophila cathanalis
''Petrophila cathanalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica) ...
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(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila cerrussalis
''Petrophila cerrussalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder
Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested ...
''
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
*''
Petrophila chejelalis
''Petrophila chejelalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found in Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Cen ...
''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila chrysopalis
''Petrophila chrysopalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states ...
''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Petrophila climacusalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila complicatalis''
(Dyar, 1914:)
*''
Petrophila conallalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila confusalis''
(Walker, 1866)
*''
Petrophila constellalis''
(Hampson, 1897)
*''
Petrophila cornvillia''
(Solis & Tuskes, 2018)
*''
Petrophila cronialis''
(Druce, 1896)
*''
Petrophila cyloialis''
(Schaus, 1906)
*''
Petrophila daemonalis''
(Dyar, 1907)
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Petrophila danaealis''
(Hampson, 1906)
*''
Petrophila darsanialis''
(Druce, 1896)
*''
Petrophila dialitha''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila doriscalis''
(Schaus, 1940)
*''
Petrophila esperanzalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila flavivittalis''
(Hampson, 1917)
*''
Petrophila fluviatilis''
Guilding, 1830
*''
Petrophila fulicalis''
(Clemens, 1860)
*''
Petrophila gemmiferalis''
(Lederer, 1863)
*''
Petrophila glycysalis''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila gordianalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
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Petrophila gratalis''
(Walker, 1866)
*''
Petrophila guadarensis''
(Schaus, 1906)
*''
Petrophila hamiferalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
*''
Petrophila heppneri''
A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983
*''
Petrophila herminalis''
(Schaus, 1906)
*''
Petrophila hodgesi''
(Munroe, 1972)
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Petrophila inaurata''
(Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
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Petrophila insulalis''
(Walker, 1862)
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Petrophila iolepta''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila jalapalis''
(Schaus, 1906)
*''
Petrophila jaliscalis''
(Schaus, 1906)
*''
Petrophila kearfottalis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
*''
Petrophila laurentialis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila leucistis''
(Dognin, 1906)
*''
Petrophila longipennis''
(Hampson, 1906)
*''
Petrophila lulesalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila maguilalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila malcusalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila maronialis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila mignonalis''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila multipicta''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila niphoplagalis''
(Hampson, 1897)
*''
Petrophila odoalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila opulentalis''
(Lederer, 1863)
*''
Petrophila pantheralis''
(Walker, 1859)
*''
Petrophila parvissimalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
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Petrophila pavonialis''
(Hampson, 1897)
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Petrophila peraltalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
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Petrophila phaeopastalis''
(Hampson, 1917)
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Petrophila premalis''
(Druce, 1895)
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Petrophila pyropalis''
(Guenée, 1854)
*''
Petrophila santafealis''
(Heppner, 1976)
*''
Petrophila schaefferalis''
(Dyar, 1906)
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Petrophila schistopalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Petrophila schwarzalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
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Petrophila sumptuosalis''
(Möschler, 1890)
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Petrophila tessimalis''
(Dyar, 1926)
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Petrophila tristalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
*''
Petrophila triumphalis''
(Schaus, 1912)
*''
Petrophila ulfridalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila unilinealis''
(Dyar, 1914)
*''
Petrophila valstanalis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila zamoralis''
(Schaus, 1924)
*''
Petrophila zelota''
(Dyar, 1914)
Former species
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Petrophila aclistalis''
Dyar, 1914
*''
Petrophila divisalis''
(Walker, 1866)
References
* , 1976
Synopsis of the genus Parargyractis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Nymphulinae) in Florida [Insects] ''The Florida Entomologist'', 59 (1): 5-19.
* , 1956
A generic revision of the aquatic moths of North America: (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Nymphulinae) ''Wasman Journal of Biology, San Francisco'' 14 (1): 59–144.
* , 2018
Two New Species of Petrophila Guilding (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Northcentral Arizona, U.S.A. ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington'', 120: 593–604.
External links
Crambidae genus listat ''Butterflies and Moths of the World'' of the Natural History Museum
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Acentropinae
Crambidae genera