Agriphila poliellus explained

Agriphila poliellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1832.[1] It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Norway and Greece),[2] Turkey, Iran,[3] the Ural, Dagestan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.[4] Its type locality is in Hungary.[3]

The wingspan is 19–26 mm.[5]

The larvae feed on Poa species, possibly including Poa annua.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 2012-03-16 .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195701/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443229 Fauna Europaea
  3. Roohigohar . Sh . Alipanah . H. . Imani . S. . Crambinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) . SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología . 2016 . 44 . 175 . 477–478. 25 August 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: Savela . Markku . Agriphila Hübner, [1825] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . November 29, 2017.
  5. http://www.lepidoptera.se/arter/smalt_gr%C3%A4smott.aspx Swedish Moths

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