Aglossa

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]

Aglossa
Adult grease moth (A. pinguinalis)
Scientific 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

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

Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela (2009)
  2. Grabe (1942)
  3. Kemal, Muhabbet; Kızıldağ, Sibel; Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2020). "On the genus Aglossa of Turkey with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)". Miscellaneous Papers. Ankara. 207: 1–7.

References

  • Media related to Aglossa 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
  • Savela, Markku. "Aglossa Latreille, 1796". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 20, 2017.


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