Alophia (moth)

Alophia
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Alophia

Ragonot, 1893
Species:
A. combustella
Binomial name
Alophia combustella
Synonyms
  • Pempelia combustella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
  • Oncocera combustella

Alophia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. Its single species, Alophia combustella, was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1852. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, North Macedonia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and southern Russia.