Agrotera is a 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.
The caterpillars of Agrotera species feed on a variety of plants in the families Anacardiaceae, Betulaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fagaceae, Lythraceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae.
The genera Leucinodella, Nistra, Sagariphora and Tetracona have been treated as synonyms of Agrotera in the past, but a recent taxonomic revision found them to be valid genera.
Species
- Agrotera aculeata <small>Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020</small> - Hainan
- Agrotera albalis <small>Maes, 2003</small> - PrÃÂncipe
- Agrotera atalis <small>Viette, 1958</small> - Madagascar
- Agrotera barcealis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> - Sri Lanka, Borneo and West Papua
- Agrotera basinotata <small>Hampson, 1891</small> - Tamil Nadu
- Agrotera citrina <small>Hampson, 1899 -</small> Ghana
- Agrotera dentata <small>Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020</small> - Hainan
- Agrotera discinotata <small>Swinhoe, 1894 -</small> Meghalaya
- Agrotera effertalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> - Sri Lanka
- Agrotera endoxantha <small>Hampson, 1899 -</small> New Guinea
- Agrotera flavobasalis <small>Inoue, 1996</small> - Bonin Islands
- Agrotera fumosa <small>Hampson, 1899</small> - Ghana
- Agrotera genuflexa <small>Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 -</small> Queensland
- Agrotera glycyphanes <small>Turner, 1913</small> - Northern Australia
- Agrotera ignepicta <small>Hampson, 1899 -</small> Queensland
- Agrotera ignepictoides <small>Rothschild, 1916</small> - Papua
- Agrotera lienpingialis <small>Caradja, 1925</small> - China
- Agrotera longitabulata <small>Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017</small> - Queensland
- Agrotera mysolalis <small>(Walker, 1866) -</small> West Papua
- Agrotera namorokalis <small>Marion & Viette, 1956 -</small> Madagascar
- Agrotera nemoralis <small>(Scopoli, 1763) -</small> Eurasia
- Agrotera ornata <small>Wileman & South, 1917 -</small> Taiwan
- Agrotera protensa <small>Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020</small> - Hainan
- Agrotera robustispina <small>Lu, Qi & Wang, 2020</small> - Hainan
- Agrotera rufitinctalis <small>Hampson, 1917 -</small> Malawi
- Agrotera scissalis <small>(Walker, 1866 -</small> Java
- Agrotera semipictalis <small>Kenrick, 1907 -</small> Papua New Guinea
- Agrotera setipes <small>Hampson, 1899 -</small> Natuna Islands
Former species
- Agrotera amathealis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> - transferred to Tetracona amathealis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Agrotera coelatalis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small> - transferred to Nistra coelatalis <small>Walker, 1859</small>
- Agrotera leucostola <small>Hampson, 1896</small> - transferred to Leucinodella leucostola <small>(Hampson, 1896)</small>
- Agrotera magnificalis <small>Hampson, 1893</small> - transferred to Sagariphora magnificalis <small>(Hampson, 1893)</small>
- Agrotera pictalis <small>(Warren, 1896)</small> - transferred to Tetracona pictalis <small>Warren, 1896</small>
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