Agrotera is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It is the type genus of the tribe Agroterini and currently comprises 28 species distributed in the Afrotropical, Palearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realm.
The caterpillars of Agrotera species feed on a variety of plants in the families Anacardiaceae, Betulaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fagaceae, Lythraceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae.
The genera Leucinodella, Nistra, Sagariphora and Tetracona have been treated as synonyms of Agrotera in the past, but a recent taxonomic revision found them to be valid genera.
Species Agrotera aculeata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003 - Príncipe Agrotera atalis Viette, 1958 - Madagascar Agrotera barcealis (Walker, 1859) - Sri Lanka, Borneo and West Papua Agrotera basinotata Hampson, 1891 - Tamil Nadu Agrotera citrina Hampson, 1899 - Ghana Agrotera dentata Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan Agrotera discinotata Swinhoe, 1894 - Meghalaya Agrotera effertalis (Walker, 1859) - Sri Lanka Agrotera endoxantha Hampson, 1899 - New Guinea Agrotera flavobasalis Inoue, 1996 - Bonin Islands Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1899 - Ghana Agrotera genuflexa Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 - Queensland Agrotera glycyphanes Turner, 1913 - Northern Australia Agrotera ignepicta Hampson, 1899 - Queensland Agrotera ignepictoides Rothschild, 1916 - Papua Agrotera lienpingialis Caradja, 1925 - China Agrotera longitabulata Chen, Horak, Du & Zhang, 2017 - Queensland Agrotera mysolalis (Walker, 1866) - West Papua Agrotera namorokalis Marion & Viette, 1956 - Madagascar Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) - Eurasia Agrotera ornata Wileman & South, 1917 - Taiwan Agrotera protensa Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan Agrotera robustispina Lu, Qi & Wang, 2020 - Hainan Agrotera rufitinctalis Hampson, 1917 - Malawi Agrotera scissalis (Walker, 1866 - Java Agrotera semipictalis Kenrick, 1907 - Papua New Guinea Agrotera setipes Hampson, 1899 - Natuna Islands
Former species Agrotera amathealis (Walker, 1859) - transferred to Tetracona amathealis (Walker, 1859) Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859) - transferred to Nistra coelatalis Walker, 1859 Agrotera leucostola Hampson, 1896 - transferred to Leucinodella leucostola (Hampson, 1896) Agrotera magnificalis Hampson, 1893 - transferred to Sagariphora magnificalis (Hampson, 1893) Agrotera pictalis (Warren, 1896) - transferred to Tetracona pictalis Warren, 1896
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