Agriphila biarmicus
Agriphila biarmicus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Fennoscandia, north-western Russia, Estonia, Latvia and in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and Italy.,[2] It is also found in Canada, including Alberta and Quebec.[3]
Agriphila biarmicus | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Agriphila |
Species: | A. biarmicus |
Binomial name | |
Agriphila biarmicus (Tengström, 1865) | |
Synonyms | |
|
The wingspan is about 19 mm for ssp. paganella and 12–13 mm for European subspecies.[4] The forewings are blotchy dark brown, with a whitish discal area and a zigzag subterminal line. There is a row of seven black dots in the terminal line.[5]
Subspecies
- Agriphila biarmicus biarmicus (Scandinavia, north-western Russia)
- Agriphila biarmicus illatella (Fuchs, 1902) (Scandinavia)
- Agriphila biarmicus alpina (Bleszynski, 1957) (Alps)
- Agriphila biarmicus paganella (McDunnough, 1925) (North America)
gollark: Without *horrible* problems.
gollark: So if you defect initially the other stuff won't like you, and you have an utterly unforgiving policy.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: You could use out of band signalling the same way the beeoid replication works.
gollark: I mean, yours is basically tit for tat, yes?
References
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- Fauna Europaea
- mothphotographersgroup
- Swedish Moths
- University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.