Agriopodes

Agriopodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Acronictinae
Genus:	Agriopodes Hampson, 1908

Agriopodes is a doubtfully valid genus of noctuid moths of the family (biology) Acronictinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1908. ^[1]

Species

Species remaining here include:^{[ verification needed ]}

• Agriopodes jucundella Dyar, 1922
• Agriopodes teratophora (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = A.inscripta(Walker, 1858)

Most species formerly included in this genus have been moved to Acronicta , for example A. fallax (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = A.geminata(J. B. Smith, 1903).

Agriopodes tybo (Barnes, 1904) is now in the presently-monotypic Chloronycta. ^[2]

Agriopodes corticosus, described as Bryophila corticosa by Guenee in 1852 is a nomen dubium . ^[2]

References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2014)
2. Schmidt, B. C., et al. (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ZooKeys . 421: 115-137. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.421.7424

External links

• Savela, Markku (December 22, 2001). "Agriopodes Hampson, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Note: This is an archived version of the page. As of 2020, Savela gives this name as a synonym of Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Agriopodes Hampson, 1908". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved October 21, 2020.