Agrotera (moth)
Genus of moths
Agrotera genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae . It is the type genus of the tribe Agroterini and currently comprises 28 species distributed in the Afrotropical , Palearctic , Indomalayan and Australasian realm .[ 2] [ 1]
The caterpillars of Agrotera species feed on a variety of plants in the families Anacardiaceae , Betulaceae , Dipterocarpaceae , Fagaceae , Lythraceae , Melastomataceae , Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae .[ 3]
The genera Leucinodella Nistra Sagariphora Tetracona Agrotera in the past, but a recent taxonomic revision found them to be valid genera.[ 4]
Species
Agrotera aculeata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan [ 5] Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003 - Príncipe Agrotera atalis Viette, 1958 - Madagascar Agrotera barcealis (Walker, 1859) - Sri Lanka, Borneo and West Papua Agrotera basinotata Hampson, 1891 - Tamil Nadu Agrotera citrina Hampson, 1899 - GhanaAgrotera dentata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan[ 5] Agrotera discinotata Swinhoe, 1894 - Meghalaya Agrotera effertalis (Walker, 1859) - Sri LankaAgrotera endoxantha Hampson, 1899 - New Guinea Agrotera flavobasalis Inoue, 1996 - Bonin Islands Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1899 - GhanaAgrotera genuflexa Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 - Queensland [ 4] Agrotera glycyphanes Turner, 1913 - Northern Australia Agrotera ignepicta Hampson, 1899 - QueenslandAgrotera ignepictoides Rothschild, 1916 - Papua Agrotera lienpingialis Caradja, 1925 - ChinaAgrotera longitabulata Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 - Queensland[ 4] Agrotera mysolalis (Walker, 1866) - West PapuaAgrotera namorokalis Marion & Viette, 1956 - MadagascarAgrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) - Eurasia Agrotera ornata Wileman & South, 1917 - Taiwan Agrotera protensa Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan[ 5] Agrotera robustispina Lu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan[ 5] Agrotera rufitinctalis Hampson, 1917 - Malawi Agrotera scissalis (Walker, 1866 - Java Agrotera semipictalis Kenrick, 1907 - Papua New GuineaAgrotera setipes Hampson, 1899 - Natuna Islands
Agrotera amathealis (Walker, 1859) - transferred to Tetracona amathealis (Walker, 1859) [ 4] Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859) - transferred to Nistra coelatalis Walker, 1859 [ 4] Agrotera leucostola Hampson, 1896 - transferred to Leucinodella leucostola (Hampson, 1896) [ 4] Agrotera magnificalis Hampson, 1893 - transferred to Sagariphora magnificalis (Hampson, 1893) [ 4] Agrotera pictalis (Warren, 1896) - transferred to Tetracona pictalis Warren, 1896 [ 4]
References
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^ a b Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)" . www.pyraloidea.org . Retrieved 2020-02-16 . ^ Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF) . Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny . 77 (1): 141– 204. doi :10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07 . ISSN 1863-7221 . ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, P. R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, G. W.; Hernández, L. M. (2010). "Agrotera " . HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants . London: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2020-02-16 . ^ a b c d e f g h Chen, Kai; Horak, Marianne; Du, Xicui; Zhang, Dandan (2017). "Revision of the Australian species of Agrotera Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)" . Zootaxa . 4362 (2): 213– 224. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.2 PMID 29245425 . ^ a b c d Liu, Ping; Qi, Mujie; Wang, Shuxia (2020). "Four new species of the genus Agrotera Schrank, 1802 (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from Hainan Island". Zootaxa . 4731 (4): 556– 564. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.8 . PMID 32230287 .
