Agriphila poliellus

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Agriphila poliellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agriphila
Species:
A. poliellus
Binomial name
Agriphila poliellus
(Treitschke, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Chilo poliellusTreitschke, 1832
  • Alisa amseliGanev & Hacker, 1984
  • Agriphila poliella

Agriphila poliellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1832. [1] It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Norway and Greece), [2] Turkey, [1] Iran, [3] the Ural, Dagestan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. [4] Its type locality is in Hungary. [3]

The wingspan is 19–26 mm. [5]

The larvae feed on Poa species, possibly including Poa annua .

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References

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