''Agathodes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. 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 ear ...
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, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and nu ...
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Viette, 1989
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Agathodes minimalis
''Agathodes minimalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sa ...
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Hampson, 1912
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Agathodes modicalis
''Agathodes modicalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) and in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinc ...
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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, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Western Australia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or a ...
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Turner, 1908
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Agathodes rebeli
''Agathodes rebeli'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams in 1935. It is found on Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country ...
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Tams, 1935
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Agathodes thomensis
''Agathodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Species
*''Agathodes bibundalis'' Strand, 1913
*''Agathodes caliginosalis'' Snellen, 1895
*''Agathodes designalis'' Guenée, 1854 ...
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Castel-Branco, 1973
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Agathodes transiens
''Agathodes transiens'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1960. It is found in Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America ...
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Munroe, 1960
References
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External links
''Agathodes designalis''on the
UF /
IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
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