Alophia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Alophia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852

Alophia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852

Alophia combustella is the only species of the monotypic snout moth genus Alophia, found across parts of Europe and southern Russia.

Family
Genus
Alophia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Alophia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852

Alophia is a monotypic genus of snout moths, described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. The genus contains only one species, Alophia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852. This species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1852. Alophia combustella is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, North Macedonia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, and southern Russia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Alophia

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