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Genus Elophila

Elophila obliteralis  - Elophila obliteralis - male Elophila obliteralis - male Elophila tinealis Waterlily Leafcutter Moth - Hodges #4755 - Elophila obliteralis - male moth light sheet 3 - Elophila gyralis Pennsylvania Moth  - Elophila gyralis Pennsylvania Moth - Elophila gyralis pondside pyralid - Elophila icciusalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Acentropinae
Genus Elophila
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Munroessa
Synclita
Print References
Goater, B., M. Nuss, and W. Speidel. 2005. Pyraloidea I (Crambidae: Acentropinae, Evergestinae, Heliothelinae, Schoenobiinae, Scopariinae). Microlepidoptera of Europe, 4: 1-304