Agriphila deliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agriphila
Species:
A. deliella
Binomial name
Agriphila deliella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Tinea deliella Hübner, [1813]
  • Agriphila hispanodeliella Bleszynski, 1959
  • Agriphila deliella f. clarella Krulikovsky, 1908
  • Agriphila deliella f. unicolorella Klemensiewicz, 1901
  • Agriphila deliella f. aszneri Szent-Ivány, 1942

Agriphila deliella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in most of Europe and North Africa and from Anatolia to Afghanistan.[1]

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from August to September.[2]

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Corynephorus canescens, Carex arenaria and Molinia caerulea.

Subspecies

  • Agriphila deliella deliella (Europe, Asia Minor, Transcaucasus, North Africa, Algeria, Afghanistan)
  • Agriphila deliella hispanodeliella Bleszynski, 1959 (Spain)
  • Agriphila deliella asiatica Caradja, 1910 (Iran)

References

  1. Roohigohar, S., Alipanah, H., & Imani, S. (2016). Crambinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia, 44(175), 473-518.
  2. Gumhalter, D. (2019). A revised checklist of pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) in Croatia. Natura Croatica: Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici, 28(2), 271-288.


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