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


      Species


      Aglossa acallalis Dyar, 1908
      Aglossa aglossalis
      Aglossa asiatica
      Aglossa aurocupralis
      Aglossa baba Dyar, 1914
      Aglossa brabanti Ragonot, 1884
      Aglossa cacamica (Dyar, 1913)
      Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, [1809]) – stored grain moth
      Aglossa capsalis
      Aglossa costiferalis (Walker, 1886)
      Aglossa cuprina (Zeller, 1872) – grease moth
      Aglossa dimidiatus (Haworth, 1809)
      Aglossa disciferalis (Dyar, 1908)
      Aglossa electalis Hulst, 1866
      Aglossa exsucealis
      Aglossa fumifusalis Hampson, 1916
      Aglossa furva Heinrich, 1931
      Aglossa gigantalis Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
      Aglossa gracilalis
      Aglossa humberti (Viette, 1973)
      Aglossa inconspicua Butler, 1875
      Aglossa incultalis Zeller, 1852
      Aglossa infuscalis Hampson, 1906
      Aglossa micalialis
      Aglossa mineti Leraut, 2006
      Aglossa obliteralis
      Aglossa ocellalis
      Aglossa oculalis Hampson, 1906
      Aglossa phaealis Hampson, 1906
      Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – large tabby moth
      Aglossa pulveralis
      Aglossa rabatalis
      Aglossa republicana Kemal, Kızıldağ & Koçak, 2020
      Aglossa rhodalis Hampson, 1906
      Aglossa rubralis Hampson, 1900
      Aglossa signicostalis Staudinger, 1871
      Aglossa steralis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
      Aglossa subpurpuralis
      Aglossa suppunctalis
      Aglossa tanya
      Aglossa tenebrosalis Rothschild, 1915
      Aglossa thamii
      Aglossa tinealis


      Footnotes




      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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