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Genus Agriphila

Representative Images

feather duster moth - Agriphila Little Moth(?) - Agriphila Agriphila vulgivagellus ? - Agriphila vulgivagellus Moth ID Please - Agriphila Agriphila vulgivagella - Agriphila vulgivagellus Crambidae: Agriphila vulivagellus - Agriphila vulgivagellus crambid - Agriphila Cascade Agriphila sp. - Agriphila
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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 Crambinae (Crambine Snout Moths)
Tribe Crambini (Grass-Veneers)
Genus Agriphila

Other Common Names

Feather Duster Moth (Robin McLeod), Vagabond Crambus, Sod Webworm (various species)

Numbers

10 species occur in America north of Mexico. (1)

Habitat

Cultivated land, fields, etc.

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on grasses.

Print References

Brimley, p. 298--Crambus (2)
Covell, p. 403 (3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 182. (4)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
3.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 20 October, 2004 - 10:51pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 13 March, 2016 - 6:18pm

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