Isauria dilucidella is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836. It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal, Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Benelux, Poland and the Baltic region),[1] Algeria, the United Arab Emirates,[2] Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Mongolia,[3] as well as Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Isauria |
| Species: | I. dilucidella
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| Isauria dilucidella (Duponchel, 1836)
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The wingspan is 19–24 mm.
The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus and Astragalus monspessulanus.
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Isauria dilucidella (Duponchel, 1836)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
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