Agriphila poliellus
Species of moth
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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,[1] Iran,[3] the Ural, Dagestan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.[4] Its type locality is in Hungary.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Agriphila |
| Species: | A. poliellus |
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| Agriphila poliellus (Treitschke, 1832) | |
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The larvae feed on Poa species, possibly including Poa annua.