Agriphila poliellus

Agriphila poliellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agriphila[1]
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. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Norway and Greece),[2] Turkey,[1] the Ural, Dagestan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.[3]

The wingspan is 19–26 mm.[4]

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. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Agriphila Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Swedish Moths


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