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Petrophila sp.

Petrophila sp.

Family: Crambidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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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)

Source: Wikipedia, article Petrophila sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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112927822/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Petrophila sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 21/09/2026.