Episcythrastis

Episcythrastis
Episcythrastis tabidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Phycitinae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Episcythrastis Meyrick, 1937 [1] [2]

Episcythrastis is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1937.

Species

• Episcythrastis elaphitis Meyrick, 1937
• Episcythrastis tabidella Mann, 1864
• Episcythrastis tetricella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Former species

The following species are mostly placed in Myelopsis , although it is sometimes treated as a synonym of Episcythrastis:

• Myelopsis alatella (Hulst, 1887)
• Myelopsis immundella (Hulst, 1890)
• Myelopsis minutularia (Hulst, 1887)
• Myelopsis subtetricella (Ragonot, 1889)

References

1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
2. Savela, Markku. "Episcythrastis Meyrick, 1937". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 19, 2017.