''Adelphia'' 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 "unisp ...

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

genus in the subfamily

Phycitinae The Phycitinae are a subfamily of snout moths (family (biology), family Pyralidae). Even though the Pyralidae subfamilies are all quite diverse, Phycitinae stand out even by standards of their family: with over 600 genera considered valid and mor ...

. It was described by

Carl Heinrich Carl Heinrich (1880 in New York City – 1955) was an American entomologist. Life He studied Greek and drama at the University of Chicago, he moved to Washington D.C., in 1902, where he worked in business. In 1908, he went to New York to study ...

in 1956. Its only species is ''Adelphia petrella'', which was originally described as ''Pempelia petrella'' by

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ...

in 1846. It is found in North America, from

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and westward to

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and

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. Another species, '' Adelphia ochripunctella'', was formerly included in this genus, but is now placed in the genus '' Pseudadelphia''.

References

Phycitinae Monotypic moth genera Moths of North America Pyralidae genera Taxa named by Carl Heinrich {{Phycitinae-stub