Pempeliella ornatella
Species of moth
Pempeliella ornatella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Pempeliella |
Species: | P. ornatella |
Binomial name | |
Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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Pempeliella ornatella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1][2] It is found in most of Europe, east to the Ural, Siberia, central Yakutia and Kyrghyzstan.
The wingspan is 23–27 millimetres (0.91–1.06 in). Adults are on wing from mid-June to August in one generation.
The larvae live in a web near the roots of Thymus species.
Subspecies
- Pempeliella ornatella ornatella
- Pempeliella ornatella gigantella
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pempeliella ornatella.
- Pempeliella ornatella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) at Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) at Fauna Europaea
- Pyraliodea collection of Siberian Zoological Museum as Pempelliella ornatella
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