Biology:Elophila

Short description: Genus of moths

Elophila
Elophila nymphaeata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Acentropinae
Genus:	Elophila Hübner, 1822
Synonyms
Cyrtogramme Yoshiyasu, 1985 Elophila Hübner, 1806 Hydrocampus Berthold, 1827 Hydrocampa Stephens, 1829 Hydrocampe Latreille, 1829 Munroessa Lange, 1956 Synclita Lederer, 1863

Elophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1822.

Species

• Elophila acornutus Agassiz, 2012
• Elophila africalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Elophila aristodora (Turner, 1908)
• Elophila atlantica (Munroe, 1972)
• Elophila bourgognei Leraut, 2001
• Elophila difflualis (Snellen, 1880)
• Elophila ealensis (Agassiz, 2012)
• Elophila ekthlipsis (Grote, 1876)
• Elophila faulalis (Walker, 1859)
• Elophila feili Speidel, 2002
• Elophila fengwhanalis (Pryer, 1877)
• Elophila fluvialis (Schaus, 1912)
• Elophila fulvalis (Hampson, 1899)
• Elophila gurgitalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Elophila gyralis (Hulst, 1886)
• Elophila icciusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Elophila interruptalis (Pryer, 1877)
• Elophila manilensis (Hampson, 1917)
• Elophila maralis (Schaus, 1920)
• Elophila melagynalis (D. J. L. Agassiz, 1978)
• Elophila melanolepis (Hampson, 1919)
• Elophila minima Agassiz, 2012
• Elophila minimalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Elophila minoralis (Mabille, 1881)
• Elophila monetalis (Snellen, 1880)
• Elophila nebulosalis (Fernald, 1887)
• Elophila nigralbalis (Caradja, 1925)
• Elophila nigrolinealis (Pryer, 1877)
• Elophila nuda F.Q. Chen, C.S. Wu & D.Y. Xue, 2010
• Elophila nymphaeata Linnaeus, 1758– brown china-mark
• Elophila obliteralis (Walker, 1859)
• Elophila occidentalis (Lange, 1956)
• Elophila orientalis (Filipjev, 1933)
• Elophila palliolatalis (Swinhoe, 1890)
• Elophila radiospinula F.Q. Chen, C.S. Wu & D.Y. Xue, 2010
• Elophila responsalis (Walker, 1866)
• Elophila rivulalis Duponchel, 1834
• Elophila roesleri Speidel, 1984
• Elophila rosetta (Meyrick, 1938)
• Elophila scitalis (Swinhoe, 1885)
• Elophila separatalis (Leech, 1889)
• Elophila serralinealis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
• Elophila sinicalis (Hampson, 1897)
• Elophila tenebralis (Lower, 1902)
• Elophila tinealis (Munroe, 1972)
• Elophila turbata (Butler, 1881)

References

• Chen, F.-Q. , C.-S. Wu & D.-Y. Xue 2010: A review of the genus Elophila Hübner, 1822 in China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae). Aquatic Insects 32 (1): 35-60. doi:10.1080/01650420903337633.
• Speidel, W. & W. Mey, 1999: Catalogue of the Oriental Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 142 (1): 125-142.
• Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162.

External links

• Genus Elophila on Fauna Europaea

Wikidata ☰ Q141084 entry