Agrochola Hübner, [1821]
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Genus Agrochola Hübner, [1821] View in CoL
1821. Agrochola Hübner. Verz. bek. Schmett, (15): 229.
Type species: Noctua pistacina Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Taxonomic notes: Genus Agrochola was erected by Hübner (1821) for its type species Noctua pistacina Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 from Vienna. The genus is characterized by the elongate, triangular and pointed or acute forewing and peculiar shape of valvae, harpe and vesica (Ronkay, et al., 2001). The genus is distributed in the Nearctic, Palaerctic and Oriental regions with almost 79 species worldwide ( Ronkay & Ronkay, 2001; Ronkay & Gyulai, 2010; Ronkay & Gyulai, 2006 b; Kravchenko et al., 2007; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010; Benedek, et al., 2013), and three species ( Agrochola approximata (Hampson, 1906) , Agrochola naumanni Hacker & Ronkay, 1990 and Agrochola flavirena (Moore, 1881)) known from India. Agrochola magarorum Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 is recorded for the first time from India.
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