Phycitodes lacteella

Phycitodes lacteella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycitodes[1]
Species: P. lacteella
Binomial name
Phycitodes lacteella
(Rothschild, 1915)
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

Phycitodes lacteella is a species of snout moth. 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),[2] Algeria, Morocco and Turkey.[1]

The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in).[3] Adults are on wing in September.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. "Phycitodes lacteella (Rothschild, 1915)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. lepiforum.de
  4. Swedish Moths