Alophia (moth)

Alophia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Alophia

Species:
A. combustella
Binomial name
Alophia combustella
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. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ^ "Oncocera Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.


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