Myelois

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Myelois
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Thistle ermine ( Myelois circumvoluta )
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Myelois

Hübner, 1825 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • GnathoguttaRoesler, 1988
  • LispeTreitschke, 1832 (non Latreille, 1796: preoccupied)
  • Myclois( lapsus )
  • MyelophilaTreitschke, 1835

Myelois is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. They are found in western Eurasia and adjacent regions such as the Maghreb. [2]

Species of Myelois include:[ verification needed ] [2]

Formerly included here were related genera like Apomyelois . The genus Kyra is sometimes listed as a junior synonym of Myelois, but its type species is usually now placed in Eurhodope (as E. cirrigerella ). [3]

Footnotes

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 See references in Savela (2009)
  3. FE (2011) contra references in Savela (2009)

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