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Sciota rhenella

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Sciota rhenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Sciota
Species:
S. rhenella
Binomial name
Sciota rhenella
(Zincken, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Phycis rhenella Zincken, 1818
  • Nephopteryx rhenella
  • Nephopteryx rhenella var. laetifica Ragonot, 1893

Sciota rhenella is a moth of the family Pyralidae found in Europe. It was described by the German entomologist, Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818. The caterpillars feed on poplars (Populus species).

Notes

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  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
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