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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Grass-Veneers (Crambini) » Agriphila

Genus Agriphila

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Habitat · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
unknown moth - Agriphila attenuatus Unknown Lepidoptera - Agriphila light colored snout moth - Agriphila Vagabond Crambus Moth - Agriphila vulgivagellus Moth - Agriphila Agriphila attenuatus Borer Moth? - Agriphila vulgivagellus Agriphila ruricolellus
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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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