Eteobalea sumptuosella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Region from Spain to Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia, Ukraine, southern Russia, the Caucasus, the Middle East,[1] eastwards to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Eteobalea |
| Species: | E. sumptuosella
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| Eteobalea sumptuosella (Lederer, 1855)
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The wingspan is 13–20 millimetres (0.51–0.79 in). Adults are on wing from early June to end of August.
References
edit- ^ "Eteobalea sumptuosella (Lederer, 1855)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
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