''Peoria'' 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 snout moth family (
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...
). The genus was erected by
Émile Louis Ragonot
Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the ''Société entomologique de France''.
He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly Pyralidae, pyralid moths.
...
in 1887.
Species
In alphabetical order:
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Peoria albifasciata''
(Hampson, 1918)
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Peoria approximella''
(Walker, 1866)
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Peoria bipartitella''
Ragonot, 1887
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Peoria calamistis''
(Hampson, 1917)
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Peoria cashmiralis''
(Hampson, 1903)
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Peoria discinotella''
(Ragonot)
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Peoria floridella''
Shaffer, 1968
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Peoria gaudiella''
(Hulst, 1890)
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Peoria gemmatella''
(Hulst, 1887)
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Peoria holoponerella''
(Dyar, 1908)
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Peoria johnstoni''
Shaffer, 1968
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Peoria longipalpella''
(Ragonot, 1887)
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Peoria luteicostella''
(Ragonot, 1887)
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Peoria opacella''
(Hulst, 1887)
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Peoria padreella''
Blanchard, 1981
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Peoria punctata''
Shaffer, 1976
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Peoria punctilineella''
(Hampson, 1901)
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Peoria roseotinctella''
(Ragonot, 1887)
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Peoria rosinella''
(Hampson, 1918)
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Peoria rostrella''
(Ragonot, 1887)
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Peoria santaritella''
(Dyar, 1904)
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Peoria tetradella''
(Zeller, 1872)
Footnotes
References
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Pyralidae genera
Anerastiini
Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot
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