''Agathodes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 ...
s of the family
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 ...
. The genus was first described by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
in 1854.
Species
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Agathodes bibundalis''
Strand, 1913
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Agathodes caliginosalis''
Snellen, 1895
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Agathodes designalis''
Guenée, 1854
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Agathodes dufayi''
Rougeot, 1977
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Agathodes incoloralis''
(Hampson, 1918)
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Agathodes isabella
''Agathodes isabella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Viette in 1989. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; ...
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Viette, 1989
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Agathodes minimalis''
Hampson, 1912
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Agathodes modicalis''
Guenée, 1854
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Agathodes musivalis
''Agathodes musivalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Mayotte, Congo, Kenya, Réunion, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimba ...
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Guenée, 1854
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Agathodes ostentalis
''Agathodes ostentalis'', the coral tree moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found from India to Indonesia, including Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and in Australia in New South Wales and Queensla ...
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(Geyer in Hübner, 1837)
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Agathodes paliscia
''Agathodes paliscia'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainlan ...
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Turner, 1908
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Agathodes rebeli''
Tams, 1935
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Agathodes thomensis''
Castel-Branco, 1973
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Agathodes transiens''
Munroe, 1960
References
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External links
''Agathodes designalis''on the
UF /
IFAS IFAS may refer:
* Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
* Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge, a sewage treatment process
* International French adjectival system, a grading system used in mountaineering
* Irish Federation of Astronomical ...
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Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
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