Apomyelois cognata

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Apomyelois cognata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Apomyelois
Species:
A. cognata
Binomial name
Apomyelois cognata
(Staudinger, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
  • Myelois cognataStaudinger, 1871 [1]
  • Apomyelois schaeuffelellaAmsel, 1959 [1]

Apomyelois cognata is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois . It was described by Staudinger in 1871, originally in genus Myelois . [1]

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Distribution

The species is known to occur in Russia. [2] An old and unconfirmed record exists for Cyprus. [2] Apomyelois schaeuffelella, described in 1959 by Hans Georg Amsel and considered a junior synonym of Apomyelois cognata, was described from Iran. [2]

Description

Adults of the species resemble those of Apomyelois bistriatella , [a] but are larger, have broader forewings of which the markings are more contrasting than in A. bistriatella, and show some genital differences. [2] The wing pattern and colouring is slightly variable. [2] The wingspan is 20–23 mm. [3]

References

  1. ↑ a more widely distributed species in the same genus, with a range that overlaps with A. cognata in the Southern Ural [2]
  1. 1 2 3 4 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Trofimova, Tatyana A.; Šumpich, Jan; Budashkin, Yuriy I. (6 January 2022). "Redescription of Apomyelois cognata (Staudinger, 1871) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) with first record from the South Urals" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 45: 1–7. doi: 10.3897/nl.45.73925 . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Apomyelois cognata". lepiforum.org. Retrieved 21 September 2022.



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