Phycitodes lacteella

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]

Phycitodes lacteella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycitodes
Species:
P. lacteella
Binomial name
Phycitodes lacteella
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

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

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Phycitodes lacteella (Rothschild, 1915)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  2. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  3. "Phycitodes lacteella (Rothschild, 1915)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  4. Lepiforum e.V.
  5. Swedish Moths


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