Agriphila poliellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agriphila
Species:
A. poliellus
Binomial name
Agriphila poliellus
(Treitschke, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Chilo poliellus Treitschke, 1832
  • Alisa amseli Ganev & 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. 1 2 Roohigohar, Sh; Alipanah, H.; Imani, S. (2016). "Crambinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 44 (175): 477–478. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Agriphila Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. Swedish Moths


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