Biology:Alophia (moth)

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Alophia
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Alophia

Ragonot, 1893[1]
Species:
A. combustella
Binomial name
Alophia combustella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Pempelia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
  • Oncocera combustella

Alophia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. Its single species, Alophia combustella, was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1852.[1] It is found in Spain , Portugal, France , Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, North Macedonia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and southern Russia .[2]

Taxonomy

The genus is sometimes listed as a subgenus of Oncocera.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved June 16, 2017. 
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=442308. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  3. "Oncocera Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.

Wikidata ☰ Q4734617 entry