''Elophila'' 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 ...
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 1822.
Species
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Elophila acornutus''
Agassiz, 2012
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Elophila africalis''
(Hampson, 1906)
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Elophila aristodora''
(Turner, 1908)
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Elophila atlantica
''Elophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1822.
Species
*''Elophila acornutus'' Agassiz, 2012
*''Elophila africalis'' (Hampson, 1906)
*''Elophila aristodora'' (Turner, 1908)
*''Elophila atlantica'' (M ...
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(Munroe, 1972)
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Elophila bourgognei''
Leraut, 2001
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Elophila difflualis''
(Snellen, 1880)
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Elophila ealensis''
(Agassiz, 2012)
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Elophila ekthlipsis''
(Grote, 1876)
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Elophila faulalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Elophila feili''
Speidel, 2002
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Elophila fengwhanalis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila fluvialis''
(Schaus, 1912)
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Elophila fulvalis''
(Hampson, 1899)
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Elophila gurgitalis
''Elophila gurgitalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Suriname and Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of ...
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(Lederer, 1863)
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Elophila gyralis''
(Hulst, 1886)
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Elophila icciusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Elophila interruptalis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila manilensis
''Elophila manilensis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is native to eastern Asia, where it has been recorded from China and the Philippines. It is a naturalised species in aquatic nurseries in Gre ...
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(Hampson, 1917)
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Elophila maralis
''Elophila maralis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1920. It is found in Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventu ...
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(Schaus, 1920)
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Elophila melagynalis
''Elophila melagynalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 1978 from a specimen that was found in greenhouses of aquaristic plants in the United Kingdom but its exact origin was unkno ...
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(D. J. L. Agassiz, 1978)
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Elophila melanolepis
''Elophila melanolepis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador ...
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(Hampson, 1919)
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Elophila minima
''Elophila minima'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Uganda.
The wingspan is 9–12 mm for males and 12–14&nbs ...
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Agassiz, 2012
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Elophila minimalis
''Elophila minimalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Max Saalmüller in 1880 and is found in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island o ...
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(Saalmüller, 1880)
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Elophila minoralis
''Elophila minoralis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae that is found in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral ...
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(Mabille, 1881)
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Elophila monetalis
''Elophila monetalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1880. It is found on Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of ...
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(Snellen, 1880)
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Elophila nebulosalis
''Elophila nebulosalis'', the nebulous munroessa moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles H. Fernald in 1887. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Carolina to Florida
Florida ( ; ...
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(Fernald, 1887)
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Elophila nigralbalis
''Elophila nigralbalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1925. It is found in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, the Ryukyus), Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan.
The length of the forewings is 4.8-5.7 mm f ...
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(Caradja, 1925)
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Elophila nigrolinealis''
(Pryer, 1877)
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Elophila nuda
''Elophila nuda'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Fu-Qiang Chen, Chun-Sheng Wu and Da-Yong Xue in 2010. It is found in Yunnan, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia ...
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F.Q. Chen, C.S. Wu & D.Y. Xue, 2010
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Elophila nymphaeata
''Elophila nymphaeata'', the brown china mark, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
Distribution
It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to th ...
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Linnaeus, 1758– brown china-mark
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Elophila obliteralis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Elophila occidentalis''
(Lange, 1956)
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Elophila orientalis
''Elophila orientalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Nikolaj Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1933. It is found in China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Russian Far East (Ussuri).
The length of the forewings is 7.7-8.5 m ...
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(Filipjev, 1933)
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Elophila palliolatalis''
(Swinhoe, 1890)
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Elophila radiospinula
''Elophila radiospinula'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Fu-Qiang Chen, Chun-Sheng Wu and Da-Yong Xue in 2010. It is found in Sichuan, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in ...
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F.Q. Chen, C.S. Wu & D.Y. Xue, 2010
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Elophila responsalis''
(Walker, 1866)
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Elophila rivulalis''
Duponchel, 1834
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Elophila roesleri''
Speidel, 1984
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Elophila rosetta''
(Meyrick, 1938)
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Elophila scitalis''
(Swinhoe, 1885)
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Elophila separatalis''
(Leech, 1889)
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Elophila serralinealis''
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
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Elophila sinicalis''
(Hampson, 1897)
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Elophila tenebralis''
(Lower, 1902)
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Elophila tinealis''
(Munroe, 1972)
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Elophila turbata''
(Butler, 1881)
References
* 2010: A review of the genus ''Elophila'' Hübner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae). ''Aquatic Insects'' 32 (1): 35-60. .
* , 1999
Catalogue of the Oriental ''Acentropinae'' (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 142 (1): 125-142.
* 1985
A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) ''Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto'' 37: 1–162.
External links
Genus ''Elophila'' on Fauna Europaea
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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