''Aglossa'' is a
genus of small
moths
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 w ...
belonging to the
family Pyralidae. It was described by
Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western
Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.
This genus is remarkable for the
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
s, which in some
species are able to feed on a wide range of materials that are not usually eaten by
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
larvae, such as dead
insects,
manure and
straw
Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number ...
. The caterpillars of other ''Aglossa'' (e.g. ''
A. signicostalis'') are
myrmecophilous.
[Grabe (1942)]
Adults of the
grease moth (''A. cuprina'') sometimes eat
fats such as
suet.
Species
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Aglossa acallalis
''Aglossa acallalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1908. It is found in the United States in southern Arizona and California
California is a U.S. state, state in the We ...
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Dyar, 1908
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Aglossa aglossalis''
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Aglossa asiatica
''Aglossa asiatica'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1872. It is found in Uzbekistan, Syria, Iran, Pakistan and on Crete and Cyprus.
Taxonomy
It is sometimes listed as a ...
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Aglossa aurocupralis''
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Aglossa baba''
Dyar, 1914
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Aglossa brabanti''
Ragonot, 1884
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Aglossa cacamica''
(Dyar, 1913)
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Aglossa caprealis''
(Hübner, 809 – stored grain moth
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Aglossa capsalis''
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Aglossa costiferalis''
(Walker, 1886)
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Aglossa cuprina''
(Zeller, 1872) – grease moth
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Aglossa dimidiatus''
(Haworth, 1809)
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Aglossa disciferalis
''Aglossa disciferalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1908. It is found in North America.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distanc ...
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(Dyar, 1908)
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Aglossa electalis''
Hulst, 1866
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Aglossa exsucealis
''Aglossa exsucealis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863 from Beirut, Lebanon. It is also found on Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , l ...
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Aglossa fumifusalis''
Hampson, 1916
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Aglossa furva
''Aglossa furva'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1931. It is found in North America, including the type location of British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is ...
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Heinrich, 1931
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Aglossa gigantalis
''Aglossa gigantalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin Foster Hendrickson Benjamin (1895–1936) was an American entomologist and lepidopterist.
Biography
B ...
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Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
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Aglossa gracilalis
''Aglossa gracilalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Rebel, in 1914, and is known from Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning t ...
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Aglossa humberti''
(Viette, 1973)
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Aglossa inconspicua
''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.
This genus is remarkabl ...
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Butler, 1875
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Aglossa incultalis
''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.
This genus is remark ...
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Zeller, 1852
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Aglossa infuscalis''
Hampson, 1906
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Aglossa micalialis
''Aglossa micalialis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 and is known from Shanghai, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. ...
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Aglossa mineti
''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.
This genus is remarkabl ...
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Leraut, 2006
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Aglossa obliteralis
''Aglossa obliteralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Turati, in 1930, and is known from Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat L ...
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Aglossa ocellalis
''Aglossa ocellalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863 and is known from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is one record of an accidental introduction from Scotl ...
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Aglossa oculalis
''Aglossa oculalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa
''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, thou ...
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Hampson, 1906
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Aglossa phaealis
''Aglossa phaealis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by George Hampson in 1906 and is known from Lesotho and Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. ...
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Hampson, 1906
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Aglossa pinguinalis
''Aglossa pinguinalis'', the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
The forewings are greyish brown clouded with a da ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758) – large tabby moth
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Aglossa pulveralis
''Aglossa pulveralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa
''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, th ...
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Aglossa rabatalis''
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Aglossa republicana
''Aglossa'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.
This genus is remark ...
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Kemal, Kızıldağ & Koçak, 2020
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Aglossa rhodalis''
Hampson, 1906
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Aglossa rubralis
''Aglossa rubralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by George Hampson in 1900 and is known from Syria and Libya.
Taxonomy
The species was formerly treated as a synonym of ''Aglossa pinguinalis
''Aglos ...
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Hampson, 1900
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Aglossa signicostalis
''Aglossa signicostalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was first described by Staudinger, in 1871, and is known from Israel, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Greece.
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Staudinger, 1871
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Aglossa steralis
''Aglossa steralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 and is known from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of So ...
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Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
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Aglossa subpurpuralis
''Aglossa subpurpuralis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1915 and is known from Tunisia
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Aglossa suppunctalis
''Aglossa suppunctalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1927 and is known from Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mo ...
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Aglossa tanya
''Aglossa tanya'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Alexander Steven Corbet and Willie Horace Thomas Tams
Willie Horace Thomas "Tiger" Tams (1891–1980) was a British entomologist
Entomology () is ...
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Aglossa tenebrosalis
''Aglossa tenebrosalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Walter Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British ba ...
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Rothschild, 1915
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Aglossa thamii
''Aglossa thamii'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2003 and is known from Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghr ...
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Aglossa tinealis
''Aglossa tinealis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Aglossa''. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2007 and is known from Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its west ...
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Footnotes
References
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* Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen
Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars" ''Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins'' 27: 105-109
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