Gymnancyla hornigii is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1852. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Switzerland, Slovenia, Ukraine, the Baltic region and Fennoscandia)[1] and Turkey.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Gymnancyla |
| Species: | G. hornigii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnancyla hornigii (Lederer, 1852)
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The wingspan is 18–20 mm.
The larvae feed on Atriplex oblongifolia and Chenopodium species.[2]
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