Agriphila

Agriphila
Agriphila straminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Agriphila
Hübner, [1825][1]
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • Agrophila J. L. R. Agassiz, 1847
  • Alisa Ganev & Hacker, 1984

Agriphila is a genus of small moths of the family Crambidae. They are common across temperate Eurasia 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 were initially placed in the closely related genus Crambus.[2]

Species

Footnotes

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. See references in Savela (2005)

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