''Agriphila'' is a
genus
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of small
moth
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s of the
family
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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 ...
. 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
temperate
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Eurasia
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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
species
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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''
(Eversmann, 1844)
* ''
Agriphila anceps''
(Grote, 1880)
* ''
Agriphila argentea''
Bassi, 1999
* ''
Agriphila argentistrigella''
(Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889)
* ''
Agriphila atlantica''
(T. V. Wollaston, 1858)
* ''
Agriphila attenuata''
(Grote, 1880)
* ''
Agriphila beieri''
Błeszyński, 1955
* ''
Agriphila biarmicus''
(Tengström, 1865)
* ''
Agriphila biothanatalis''
(Hulst, 1886)
* ''
Agriphila bleszynskiella''
Amsel, 1961
* ''
Agriphila brioniella''
(Zerny, 1914) (=''
Agriphila vasilevi''
Ganev, 1983)
* ''
Agriphila cernyi''
Ganev, 1985
* ''
Agriphila costalipartella''
(Dyar, 1921)
* ''
Agriphila cyrenaicella''
(Ragonot, 1887)
* ''
Agriphila dalmatinella''
(Hampson, 1900)
* ''
Agriphila deliella''
(Hübner, 1813)
* ''
Agriphila geniculea''
(Haworth, 1811)
* ''
Agriphila gerinella''
P. Leraut, 2012
* ''
Agriphila hymalayensis''
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''
(Hübner, 1813)
* ''
Agriphila straminella
''Agriphila straminella'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and is found in Europe and east across the Palearctic.
The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings a ...
''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* ''
Agriphila tersella''
(Lederer, 1855)
* ''
Agriphila tolli''
(Błeszyński, 1952)
* ''
Agriphila trabeatella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
* ''
Agriphila tristella''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* ''
Agriphila undata''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Agriphila vulgivagella''
(Clemens, 1860) – vagabond crambus moth
Footnotes
References
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External links
"''Agriphila'' Hübner, 1825" ''Fauna Europaea''. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
Crambini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
{{Crambini-stub