Phycita meliella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Josef Johann Mann in 1864. It is found in Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania[1] and Turkey.[2]

Phycita meliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycita
Species:
P. meliella
Binomial name
Phycita meliella
(Mann, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Nephopteryx meliella Mann, 1864

The wingspan is about 26 millimetres (1.0 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. ^ "Nachtrag zur Schmetterling-Fauna von Brussa" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ^ "microlepidoptera.shp.hu". microlepidoptera.shp.hu. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
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