Phycita torrenti

Phycita torrenti is a species of snout moth.[1] It is found in Spain and Portugal.[2]

Phycita torrenti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycita
Species:
P. torrenti
Binomial name
Phycita torrenti
Agenjo, 1962

The larvae feed on Quercus ilex.[3]

References
  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Phycita torrenti sp. nov., a new lepidopterous pest of Quercus ilex in Spain


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