Aglossa

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Aglossa
File:Aglossa pinguinalis entomart.jpg
Adult grease moth (A. pinguinalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Aglossa
Latreille, 1796
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Agriope Ragonot, 1894
  • Euclita Hübner, [1825]
  • Crocalia Ragonot, 1892
  • Oryctocera Ragonot, 1891

Aglossa is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.[1]

This genus is remarkable for the caterpillars, which in some species are able to feed on a wide range of materials that are not usually eaten by Lepidoptera larvae, such as dead insects, manure and straw. The caterpillars of other Aglossa (e.g. A. signicostalis) are myrmecophilous.[2]

Adults of the grease moth (A. cuprina) sometimes eat fats such as suet.

Species

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b See references in Savela (2009)
  2. ^ Grabe (1942)
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References

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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
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