Biology:Petrophila

Short description: Genus of moths

Petrophila
Petrophila bifascialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Petrophila Guilding, 1830
Synonyms
Parargyractis Lange, 1956

Petrophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.

Species

• Petrophila aealis (Walker, 1859)
• Petrophila aeglesalis (Walker, 1859)
• Petrophila aengusalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila albulalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Petrophila alvealis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Petrophila amethystina (Schaus, 1912)
• Petrophila anna (Solis & Tuskes, 2018)
• Petrophila annulalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Petrophila argyrolepta (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila argyrophora (Hampson, 1917)
• Petrophila aroalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila auspicatalis (Schaus, 1912)
• Petrophila avernalis (Grote, 1878)
• Petrophila axis (Hampson, 1895)
• Petrophila aztecalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila bedealis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila benezetalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila bifascialis (Robinson, 1869)
• Petrophila bijonalis (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila brunneodora (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila cabimalis (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila canadensis (Munroe, 1972)
• Petrophila cappsi (Lange, 1956)
• Petrophila cathanalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila cerrussalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Petrophila chejelalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila chrysopalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Petrophila climacusalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila complicatalis (Dyar, 1914:)
• Petrophila conallalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila confusalis (Walker, 1866)
• Petrophila constellalis (Hampson, 1897)
• Petrophila cornvillia (Solis & Tuskes, 2018)
• Petrophila cronialis (Druce, 1896)
• Petrophila cyloialis (Schaus, 1906)
• Petrophila daemonalis (Dyar, 1907)
• Petrophila danaealis (Hampson, 1906)
• Petrophila darsanialis (Druce, 1896)
• Petrophila dialitha (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila doriscalis (Schaus, 1940)
• Petrophila esperanzalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila flavivittalis (Hampson, 1917)
• Petrophila fluviatilis Guilding, 1830
• Petrophila fulicalis (Clemens, 1860)
• Petrophila gemmiferalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Petrophila glycysalis (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila gordianalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila gratalis (Walker, 1866)
• Petrophila guadarensis (Schaus, 1906)
• Petrophila hamiferalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Petrophila heppneri A. Blanchard & Knudson, 1983
• Petrophila herminalis (Schaus, 1906)
• Petrophila hodgesi (Munroe, 1972)
• Petrophila inaurata (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
• Petrophila insulalis (Walker, 1862)
• Petrophila iolepta (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila jalapalis (Schaus, 1906)
• Petrophila jaliscalis (Schaus, 1906)
• Petrophila kearfottalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
• Petrophila laurentialis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila leucistis (Dognin, 1906)
• Petrophila longipennis (Hampson, 1906)
• Petrophila lulesalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila maguilalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila malcusalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila maronialis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila mignonalis (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila multipicta (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila niphoplagalis (Hampson, 1897)
• Petrophila odoalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila opulentalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Petrophila pantheralis (Walker, 1859)
• Petrophila parvissimalis (Schaus, 1912)
• Petrophila pavonialis (Hampson, 1897)
• Petrophila peraltalis (Schaus, 1912)
• Petrophila phaeopastalis (Hampson, 1917)
• Petrophila premalis (Druce, 1895)
• Petrophila pyropalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Petrophila santafealis (Heppner, 1976)
• Petrophila schaefferalis (Dyar, 1906)
• Petrophila schistopalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Petrophila schwarzalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila sumptuosalis (Möschler, 1890)
• Petrophila tessimalis (Dyar, 1926)
• Petrophila tristalis (Schaus, 1912)
• Petrophila triumphalis (Schaus, 1912)
• Petrophila ulfridalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila unilinealis (Dyar, 1914)
• Petrophila valstanalis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila zamoralis (Schaus, 1924)
• Petrophila zelota (Dyar, 1914)

Former species

• Petrophila aclistalis Dyar, 1914
• Petrophila divisalis (Walker, 1866)

References

• Heppner, J.B., 1976: Synopsis of the genus Parargyractis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Nymphulinae) in Florida [Insects]. The Florida Entomologist, 59 (1): 5-19.
• Lange, W.H., 1956: A generic revision of the aquatic moths of North America: (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Nymphulinae). Wasman Journal of Biology, San Francisco 14 (1): 59–144.
• Solis, A.M. & P. M. Tuskes, 2018: Two New Species of Petrophila Guilding (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Northcentral Arizona, U.S.A.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120: 593–604.

External links

• Crambidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

Wikidata ☰ Q7179053 entry