Aglossa is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.
This genus is remarkable for the caterpillars, which in some species are able to feed on a wide range of materials that are not usually eaten by Lepidoptera larvae, such as dead insects, manure and straw. The caterpillars of other Aglossa (e.g. A. signicostalis) are myrmecophilous.
Adults of the grease moth (A. cuprina) sometimes eat fats such as suet.
Species
- Aglossa acallalis <small>Dyar, 1908</small>
- Aglossa aglossalis
- Aglossa asiatica
- Aglossa aurocupralis
- Aglossa baba <small>Dyar, 1914</small>
- Aglossa brabanti <small>Ragonot, 1884</small>
- Aglossa cacamica <small>(Dyar, 1913)</small>
- Aglossa caprealis <small>(Hübner, [1809])</small> â stored grain moth
- Aglossa capsalis
- Aglossa costiferalis <small>(Walker, 1886)</small>
- Aglossa cuprina <small>(Zeller, 1872)</small> â grease moth
- Aglossa dimidiatus <small>(Haworth, 1809)</small>
- Aglossa disciferalis <small>(Dyar, 1908)</small>
- Aglossa electalis <small>Hulst, 1866</small>
- Aglossa exsucealis
- Aglossa fumifusalis <small>Hampson, 1916</small>
- Aglossa furva <small>Heinrich, 1931</small>
- Aglossa gigantalis <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1925</small>
- Aglossa gracilalis
- Aglossa humberti <small>(Viette, 1973)</small>
- Aglossa inconspicua <small>Butler, 1875</small>
- Aglossa incultalis <small>Zeller, 1852</small>
- Aglossa infuscalis <small>Hampson, 1906</small>
- Aglossa micalialis
- Aglossa mineti <small>Leraut, 2006</small>
- Aglossa obliteralis
- Aglossa ocellalis
- Aglossa oculalis <small>Hampson, 1906</small>
- Aglossa phaealis <small>Hampson, 1906</small>
- Aglossa pinguinalis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> â large tabby moth
- Aglossa pulveralis
- Aglossa rabatalis
- Aglossa republicana <small>Kemal, Kñzñldaà& Koçak, 2020</small>
- Aglossa rhodalis <small>Hampson, 1906</small>
- Aglossa rubralis <small>Hampson, 1900</small>
- Aglossa signicostalis <small>Staudinger, 1871</small>
- Aglossa steralis <small>Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875</small>
- Aglossa subpurpuralis
- Aglossa suppunctalis
- Aglossa tanya
- Aglossa tenebrosalis <small>Rothschild, 1915</small>
- Aglossa thamii
- Aglossa tinealis
Footnotes
References
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext