''Agriphila'' is a

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of small

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s of the

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Crambidae. It was first 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 1825. They are common across

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and in adjacent regions. Despite this genus being proposed as early as 1825, it was not widely recognized until the mid-20th century. Consequently, most

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were initially placed in the closely related genus ''

Crambus The genus ''Crambus'' includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths (a name shared with the rest of the family Crambidae, to distinguish them from Pyralidae sn ...

''.See references in Savela (2005)

Species

* ''

Agriphila aeneociliella ''Agriphila aeneociliella'', the eastern grass veneer, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found from Denmark, Poland, Ukraine and Romania through Russia to Manchuria, northern China, Korea and Japan. The wingspan The wingspa ...

'' (Eversmann, 1844) * '' Agriphila anceps'' (Grote, 1880) * ''

Agriphila argentea ''Agriphila argentea'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 1999. It is found in Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय ल ...

'' Bassi, 1999 * ''

Agriphila argentistrigella ''Agriphila argentistrigellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in France, Spain and on Sicily, as well as in North Africa, including Morocco, Libya and Algeria. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...

'' (Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889) * '' Agriphila atlantica'' (T. V. Wollaston, 1858) * ''

Agriphila attenuata ''Agriphila attenuata'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coastal California, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia and Alberta. ...

'' (Grote, 1880) * ''

Agriphila beieri ''Agriphila beieri'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1953. It is found on Crete and Cyprus, as well as in Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republi ...

'' Błeszyński, 1955 * ''

Agriphila biarmicus ''Agriphila biarmicus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae first described by Johan Martin Jakob von Tengström in 1865. It is found in Fennoscandia, north-western Russia, Estonia, Latvia and in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and It ...

'' (Tengström, 1865) * '' Agriphila biothanatalis'' (Hulst, 1886) * '' Agriphila bleszynskiella'' Amsel, 1961 * ''

Agriphila brioniella ''Agriphila brioniellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Hans Zerny in 1914. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Turkey, Transc ...

'' (Zerny, 1914) (=''

Agriphila vasilevi ''Agriphila brioniellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Hans Zerny in 1914. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Turkey, Transc ...

'' Ganev, 1983) * ''

Agriphila cernyi ''Agriphila cernyi'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Ganev in 1985. It is found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asi ...

'' Ganev, 1985 * ''

Agriphila costalipartella ''Agriphila costalipartella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Nevada and Montana.Agriphila cyrenaicella ''Agriphila cyrenaicellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in southern Europe; in the Middle East; in northern Africa; and in Central Asia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the ...

'' (Ragonot, 1887) * ''

Agriphila dalmatinella ''Agriphila dalmatinellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae that is known from Europe and Asia. Within Europe, it is found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. In Asia, it is know ...

'' (Hampson, 1900) * ''

Agriphila deliella ''Agriphila deliella'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in most of Europe and North Africa and from Anatolia to Afghanistan. The wingspan is 16–20 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from Augus ...

'' (Hübner, 1813) * ''

Agriphila geniculea ''Agriphila geniculea'', the elbow-striped grass-veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. Subspecies * ''Agriphila geniculea geniculea'' (Haworth, 1811) (Europe, Algeria) * ''A ...

'' (Haworth, 1811) * ''

Agriphila gerinella ''Agriphila gerinella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2012. It is found in Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of Nor ...

'' P. Leraut, 2012 * ''

Agriphila hymalayensis ''Agriphila hymalayensis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Ganev in 1984. It is found in Pakistan and the south-western Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the ...

'' Ganev, 1984 * '' Agriphila impurella'' (Hampson, 1896) * '' Agriphila indivisella'' (Turati & Zanon, 1922) (='' Agriphila reisseri'' Błeszyński, 1965) * ''

Agriphila inquinatella :''The name ''Agriphila inquinatella'' has been misapplied to some related species in the past; see below for details.'' ''Agriphila inquinatella'' is a small moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, around the Caucasus area t ...

'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Agriphila latistria'' (Haworth, 1811) * '' Agriphila melike'' Kemal & Kocak, 2004 (replacement name for ''A. asiatica'' Ganev & Hacker, 1984) * '' Agriphila microselasella'' Błeszyński, 1959 * '' Agriphila paleatella'' (Zeller, 1847) * '' Agriphila plumbifimbriella'' (Dyar, 1904) * ''

Agriphila poliella ''Agriphila poliellus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1832. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Norway and Gree ...

'' (Treitschke, 1832) * '' Agriphila ruricolella'' (Zeller, 1863) – lesser vagabond sod webworm moth * '' Agriphila sakayehamana'' (Matsumura, 1925) * ''

Agriphila selasella ''Agriphila selasella'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1813 and is found in Europe and east across the Palearctic. The wingspan is about 26 mm. The face is slightly prominent. Forewings ar ...

'' (Hübner, 1813) * '' Agriphila straminella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Agriphila tersella'' (Lederer, 1855) * ''

Agriphila tolli ''Agriphila tolli'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, the Republic of North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy and on Corsic ...

'' (Błeszyński, 1952) * '' Agriphila trabeatella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) * '' Agriphila tristella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Agriphila undata'' (Grote, 1881) * '' Agriphila vulgivagella'' (Clemens, 1860) – vagabond crambus moth

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"''Agriphila'' Hübner, 1825"
''Fauna Europaea''. Retrieved November 28, 2017. Crambini Crambidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Crambini-stub