Aglossa is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1796. They are found mainly in western Eurasia, though some species have been introduced elsewhere.

This genus is remarkable for the caterpillars, which in some species are able to feed on a wide range of materials that are not usually eaten by Lepidoptera larvae, such as dead insects, manure and straw. The caterpillars of other Aglossa (e.g. A. signicostalis) are myrmecophilous.Grabe (1942)

Adults of the grease moth (A. cuprina) sometimes eat fats such as suet.

Species Aglossa acallalis Dyar, 1908 Aglossa aglossalis Aglossa asiatica Aglossa aurocupralis Aglossa baba Dyar, 1914 Aglossa brabanti Ragonot, 1884 Aglossa cacamica (Dyar, 1913) Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, ) – stored grain moth Aglossa capsalis Aglossa costiferalis (Walker, 1886) Aglossa cuprina (Zeller, 1872) – grease moth Aglossa dimidiatus (Haworth, 1809) Aglossa disciferalis (Dyar, 1908) Aglossa electalis Hulst, 1866 Aglossa exsucealis Aglossa fumifusalis Hampson, 1916 Aglossa furva Heinrich, 1931 Aglossa gigantalis Barnes & Benjamin, 1925 Aglossa gracilalis Aglossa humberti (Viette, 1973) Aglossa inconspicua Butler, 1875 Aglossa incultalis Zeller, 1852 Aglossa infuscalis Hampson, 1906 Aglossa micalialis Aglossa mineti Leraut, 2006 Aglossa obliteralis Aglossa ocellalis Aglossa oculalis Hampson, 1906 Aglossa phaealis Hampson, 1906 Aglossa pinguinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – large tabby moth Aglossa pulveralis Aglossa rabatalis Aglossa republicana Kemal, Kızıldağ & Koçak, 2020 Aglossa rhodalis Hampson, 1906 Aglossa rubralis Hampson, 1900 Aglossa signicostalis Staudinger, 1871 Aglossa steralis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Aglossa subpurpuralis Aglossa suppunctalis Aglossa tanya Aglossa tenebrosalis Rothschild, 1915 Aglossa thamii Aglossa tinealis

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References

Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext