Agriopodes Explained

Agriopodes is a doubtfully valid genus of noctuid moths of the family (biology) Acronictinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1908.^[1]

Species

Species remaining here include:

• Agriopodes jucundella Dyar, 1922
• Agriopodes teratophora (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = A.inscripta (Walker, 1858)

Most species formerly included in this genus have been moved to Acronicta, for example A. fallax (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = A.geminata (J. B. Smith, 1903).

Agriopodes tybo (Barnes, 1904) is now in the presently-monotypic Chloronycta.^[2]

Agriopodes corticosus, described as Bryophila corticosa by Guenee in 1852 is a nomen dubium.

External links

• Web site: Savela . Markku . December 22, 2001 . Agriopodes Hampson, 1908 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019040255/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acronictinae/agriopodes/index.html . October 19, 2012. Note: This is an archived version of the page. As of 2020, Savela gives this name as a synonym of Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816.
• Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Agriopodes Hampson, 1908 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . 10.5519/s93616qw . October 21, 2020.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2014)
2. Schmidt, B. C., et al. (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 421: 115-137.