Agrotera (moth)

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.[2][1]

Agrotera
A live individual of Agrotera nemoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Tribe:	Agroterini
Genus:	Agrotera Schrank, 1802[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 and Tetracona have been treated as synonyms of Agrotera in the past, but a recent taxonomic revision found them to be valid genera.[4]

Species

• Agrotera aculeata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020, from Hainan[5]
• Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003, from Príncipe
• Agrotera atalis Viette, 1958, from Madagascar
• Agrotera barcealis (Walker, 1859) (syn. Leucinodes opalina Moore, 1885; syn. Zanclopteryx nitida Walker, 1866; syn. Zebronia indecisalis Walker, 1866; syn. Zebronia retractalis Walker, 1866),[1] from Sri Lanka, Borneo and West Papua
• Agrotera basinotata Hampson, 1891, from Tamil Nadu
• Agrotera citrina Hampson, 1899, from Ghana
• Agrotera dentata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020, from Hainan[5]
• Agrotera discinotata Swinhoe, 1894, from Meghalaya
• Agrotera effertalis (Walker, 1859), from Sri Lanka
• Agrotera endoxantha Hampson, 1899, from New Guinea
• Agrotera flavobasalis Inoue, 1996, from Bonin Islands
• Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1899, from Ghana
• Agrotera genuflexa Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017, from Queensland[4]
• Agrotera glycyphanes Turner, 1913, from Northern Australia
• Agrotera ignepicta Hampson, 1899, from Queensland
• Agrotera ignepictoides Rothschild, 1916, from Papua
• Agrotera lienpingialis Caradja, 1925, from China
• Agrotera longitabulata Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017, from Queensland[4]
• Agrotera mysolalis (Walker, 1866), from West Papua
• Agrotera namorokalis Marion & Viette, 1956, from Madagascar
• Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) (syn. Agrotera posticalis Wileman, 1911; syn. Phalaena erosalis Fabricius, 1794),[1] from Eurasia
• Agrotera ornata Wileman & South, 1917, from Taiwan
• Agrotera protensa Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020, from Hainan[5]
• Agrotera robustispina Lu, Qi & Wang, 2020, from Hainan[5]
• Agrotera rufitinctalis Hampson, 1917, from Malawi
• Agrotera scissalis (Walker, 1866), from Java
• Agrotera semipictalis Kenrick, 1907, from Papua New Guinea
• Agrotera setipes Hampson, 1899, from the Natuna Islands

Former species

• Agrotera amathealis (Walker, 1859) (syn. Pyralis ornatalis Walker, 1866), type species of the genus Tetracona Meyrick, 1884[4]
• Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859) (syn. Botys proximalis Walker, 1866), type species of the genus Nistra Walker, 1859[4]
• Agrotera leucostola Hampson, 1896 (syn. Leucinodella agroterodes Strand, 1918), now in the genus Leucinodella Walker, 1859[4]
• Agrotera magnificalis Hampson, 1893 (syn. Cataclysta helopalis Clemens, 1860; syn. Sagariphora heliochlaena Meyrick, 1894), now in the genus Sagariphora Meyrick, 1894[4]
• Agrotera pictalis (Warren, 1896), now in the genus Tetracona Meyrick, 1884[4]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.