Bifascioides leucomelanella

Bifascioides leucomelanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Bifascioides
Species: B. leucomelanella
Binomial name
Bifascioides leucomelanella
(Rebel, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Elachista leucomelanella Rebel, 1916
  • Bifascioides leucomelanellus
  • Ascalenia leucomelanella
  • Ascalenia pirastica Meyrick, 1936
  • Limnoecia heterosticta Meyrick, 1917

Bifascioides leucomelanella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Libya, Egypt and on Malta.[2] It has also been recorded from Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.[3]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. Adults have been recorded in February and from May to the end of August. There is probably more than one generation per year.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
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