Biology:Agriphila poliellus

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4694171 entry