Alophia (moth)
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Genus: | Alophia |
Species: | A. combustella
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Alophia combustella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
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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
- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Oncocera Stephens, 1829" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.