Biology:Dioryctria mendacella

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Short description: Species of moth

Dioryctria mendacella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Dioryctria
Species:
D. mendacella
Binomial name
Dioryctria mendacella
(Staudinger, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nephopterix mendacella Staudinger, 1859
  • Euzophera maritanella Millière, 1875

Dioryctria mendacella is a species of snout moth in the genus Dioryctria. It was described by Staudinger in 1859, and is known from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France and Croatia, Greece and Cyprus.[2]

The wingspan is 28–31 mm.

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5279527 entry