Biology:Phycitodes lacteella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phycitodes lacteella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycitodes
Species:
P. lacteella
Binomial name
Phycitodes lacteella
(Rothschild, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Staudingeria lacteella Rothschild, 1915
  • Homoeosoma lacteella bentinckella Pierce, 1937
  • Rotruda bentinckella delattini Roesler, 1965
  • Rotruda bentinckella santoruella Roesler, 1965
  • Rotruda bentinckella viettella Roesler, 1965

Phycitodes lacteella is a species of snout moth first described by Walter Rothschild in 1915.[2] It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Norway , the Benelux, Switzerland , the Baltic region, Poland , the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine ),[3] Algeria, Morocco and Turkey.[2]

The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in).[4] Adults are on wing in September.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7188425 entry