Phycitodes albatella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Slovenia, Croatia and Ukraine),[1] Uzbekistan[2] and North America.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Phycitodes |
| Species: | P. albatella
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| Phycitodes albatella (Ragonot, 1887)
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The wingspan is 15–20 mm.[4] There are three generations per year with adults on wing from April to September.[5]
The larvae feed on Senecio, Crepis and Solidago species, as well as Sonchus arvensis. They initially live in the upper stem and leaf-axil of their host plant, but later on the flowers within a web. Larvae of the second generation hibernate within a cocoon. Pupation takes place in another cocoon.[6]
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ Roesler, U., 1967. Zyklomorphose bei Rotruda albatella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae). - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen Jahrgang 16. (1./2.): 1-7
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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