''Argyria'' 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 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 1818.
Species
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Argyria argyrodis''
Dyar, 1914
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Argyria argyrostola''
(Hampson, 1919)
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Argyria centrifugens''
Dyar, 1914
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Argyria contiguella''
(Zeller, 1872)
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Argyria croceicinctella''
(Walker, 1863)
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Argyria croceivittella''
(Walker, 1863)
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Argyria diplomochalis''
Dyar, 1913
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Argyria divisella''
Walker, 1866
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Argyria hannemanni''
Błeszyński, 1960
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Argyria heringi''
Błeszyński, 1960
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Argyria insons''
C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
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Argyria interrupta''
(Zeller, 1866)
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Argyria lacteella''
(Fabricius, 1794)
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Argyria lucidellus''
(Zeller, 1839)
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Argyria lusella''
(Zeller, 1863)
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Argyria mesogramma''
Dyar, 1913
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Argyria multifacta''
Dyar, 1914
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Argyria nummulalis''
Hübner, 1818
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Argyria opposita''
Zeller, 1877
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Argyria oxytoma''
Meyrick, 1932
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Argyria plumbolinealis
''Argyria plumbolinealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse Schoo ...
''
Hampson, 1896
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Argyria polyniphas''
Meyrick, 1932
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Argyria pontiella''
Zeller, 1877
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Argyria quevedella''
Schaus, 1922
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Argyria rufisignella''
(Zeller, 1872)
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Argyria schausella
Argyria or argyrosis is a condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or silver dust. The most dramatic symptom of argyria is that the skin turns blue or blue-gray, and is usually most prominent in sun-exp ...
''
Dyar, 1913
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Argyria sericina''
(Zeller, 1881)
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Argyria sordipes''
Zeller, 1877
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Argyria subaenescens''
(Walker, 1863)
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Argyria subtilis''
C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
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Argyria supposita''
Dyar, 1914
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Argyria tripsacas
''Vaxi tripsacas'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida and Alabama. It is also present on the West Indies.
The wingspan is ...
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(Dyar, 1921)
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Argyria tunuistrigella''
Schaus, 1922
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Argyria venatella''
(Schaus, 1922)
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Argyria vesta''
Błeszyński, 1962
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Argyria vestalis''
Butler, 1878
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Argyria xanthoguma''
Dyar, 1914
Former species
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Argyria antonialis''
Schaus, 1922
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Argyria mesodonta
''Micrelephas mesodonta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Zeller in 1877. It is found in Bolivia and Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by E ...
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Zeller, 1877
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Argyria mesozonalis''
Hampson, 1919
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Argyria submesodonta''
Błeszyński, 1960
References
Argyriini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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