Myelois

Myelois
Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Myelois
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms

[2]
Gnathogutta Roesler, 1988
Lispe Treitschke, 1832 (non Latreille, 1796: preoccupied)
Myclois (lapsus)
Myelophila Treitschke, 1835

Myelois is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. They are found in western Eurasia and adjacent regions such as the Maghreb.[2]

Species of Myelois include:[2]

Formerly included here were related genera like Apomyelois. The genus Kyra is sometimes listed as a junior synonym of Myelois, but its type species is usually now placed in Eurhodope (as E. cirrigerella).[3]

Footnotes

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  2. 1 2 3 See references in Savela (2009)
  3. FE (2011) contra references in Savela (2009)

References

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