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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  4. Lepiforum e.V.
  5. Swedish Moths


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