Peoria (moth)

Peoria is a genus of moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). The genus was erected by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887.[1]

Peoria
Peoria approximella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Phycitinae
Tribe:	Anerastiini
Genus:	Peoria Ragonot, 1887
Synonyms
Aurora Ragonot, 1887 Statina Ragonot, 1887 Ceara Ragonot, 1888 Calera Ragonot, 1888 Altoona Hulst, 1888 Cayuga Hulst, 1888 Volusia Hulst, 1890 Wekiva Hulst, 1890 Osceola Hulst, 1891 Chipeta Hulst, 1892 Trivolusia Dyar, 1903 Ollia Dyar, 1904

Species

In alphabetical order:[2]

• Peoria albifasciata (Hampson, 1918)
• Peoria approximella (Walker, 1866)
• Peoria bipartitella Ragonot, 1887
• Peoria calamistis (Hampson, 1917)
• Peoria cashmiralis (Hampson, 1903)
• Peoria discinotella (Ragonot)
• Peoria floridella Shaffer, 1968
• Peoria gaudiella (Hulst, 1890)
• Peoria gemmatella (Hulst, 1887)
• Peoria holoponerella (Dyar, 1908)
• Peoria johnstoni Shaffer, 1968
• Peoria longipalpella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Peoria luteicostella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Peoria opacella (Hulst, 1887)
• Peoria padreella Blanchard, 1981
• Peoria punctata Shaffer, 1976
• Peoria punctilineella (Hampson, 1901)
• Peoria roseotinctella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Peoria rosinella (Hampson, 1918)
• Peoria rostrella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Peoria santaritella (Dyar, 1904)
• Peoria tetradella (Zeller, 1872)

Footnotes

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Peoria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Peoria Ragonot, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Peoria Ragonot, 1887". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 30, 2018.