Pyloetis

Pyloetis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Pyloetis; Meyrick, 1907
Species:	P. mimosae
Binomial name
	Pyloetis mimosae; (Stainton, 1859)
Synonyms
	Genus:; Spatularia W. van Deventer, 1904; Species:; Laverna mimosae Stainton, 1859; Pyloetis ophionota Meyrick, 1907; Ereunetis seminivora Walsingham, 1899; Spatularia fuligineella Deventer, 1904;

Pyloetis is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae.^[1] It consists of only one species, Pyloetis mimosae, which is found in Asia, including Japan and Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed within seed pods of Leucaena leucocephala^[3] and Acacia nilotica.^[4]

References

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae Archived 2008-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

[2] .biodiv.tw

[3] Systematic position of Pyloetis mimosae (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with redescriptions of the adults and immature stages

[4] Forest Entomology

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