''Agriphila'' 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 small
moth
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s of the
family
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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 ...
. 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''.
[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''
(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''
(Treitschke, 1832)
* ''
Agriphila ruricolella''
(Zeller, 1863) – lesser vagabond sod webworm moth
* ''
Agriphila sakayehamana''
(Matsumura, 1925)
* ''
Agriphila selasella''
(Hübner, 1813)
* ''
Agriphila straminella''
(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