Phycita meliella

(Phycita meliella)

Description

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, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. The wingspan is about 26 millimetres (1.0 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pyralidae
Genus:Phycita
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