Adelphia (moth)

Adelphia is a monotypic snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956.^[1] Its only species is Adelphia petrella, which was originally described as Pempelia petrella by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is found in North America,^[2] from New Jersey to Florida and westward to Iowa and Texas.^[3]

Adelphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Phycitinae
Genus:	Adelphia Heinrich, 1956[1]
Synonyms
Pempelia petrella Zeller, 1846 Adelphia rubiginella (Walker, 1863) Adelphia rufinalis (Walker, 1863) Adelphia hapsella (Hulst, 1887)

Another species, Adelphia ochripunctella, was formerly included in this genus,^[4] but is now placed in the genus Pseudadelphia.