Apomyelois bistriatella

Apomyelois bistriatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887.[1] It is known from California, the eastern United States, northern Europe and Russia.[2][3]

Apomyelois bistriatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Apomyelois
Species:
A. bistriatella
Binomial name
Apomyelois bistriatella
(Hulst, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Myelois bistriatella Hulst, 1887
  • Dioryctria bistriatella
  • Myelois bilineatella Ragonot, 1887
  • Myelois neophanes Durrant, 1915
  • Myelois subcognata Ragonot, 1887

The wingspan is 15–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on a fungus, Daldinia vernicosa, which grows on burnt gorse and dead birch.[5] It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.[2]

Subspecies
  • Apomyelois bistriatella bistriatella
  • Apomyelois bistriatella subcognata (Ragonot, 1887)

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. Powell, Jerry A (December 1967). "Apomyelois bistriatella: A Moth Which Feeds in an Ascomycete Fungus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 75 (4): 190–4. JSTOR 25006072.
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Kimber, Ian. "62.039 BF1486 Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887)". UKMoths. Retrieved August 11, 2019.


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