Pediasia matricella

Pediasia matricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pediasia^[1]
Species:	P. matricella
Binomial name
*Pediasia matricella* (Treitschke, 1832)
Synonyms
Phycis matricella Treitschke, 1832 Crambus matricellus var. obscurus Caradja, 1931 Crambus matricella stenopterellus Amsel, 1949

Pediasia matricella is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Russia.^[2] In the east, the range extends to Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Turkmenistan, Jordan, Syria, Iran^[3] and Israel.

Subspecies

Pediasia matricella matricella (Europe, southern Russia, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Jordan, Syria, Iran)
Pediasia matricella stenopterella (Amsel, 1949) (Mesopotamia, Turkmenistan)