Episcythrastis
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Episcythrastis is a genus
of moth
s of the Pyralidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Pyralidae
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
family.
Species
- Episcythrastis alatella (Hulst, 1887)
- Episcythrastis coniella Ragonot, 1887
- Episcythrastis elaphitis Meyrick, 1937
- Episcythrastis immundella (Hulst, 1890)
- Episcythrastis minutularia (Hulst, 1887)
- Episcythrastis subtetricella (Ragonot, 1889)
- Episcythrastis tabidellaEpiscythrastis tabidellaEpiscythrastis tabidella is a species of moth in the Pyralidae family. It is found in Spain, France, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey and on Sardinia and Corsica.-External links:*...
Mann, 1864 - Episcythrastis tetricella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775