Sciota rhenella

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Sciota rhenella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Sciota
Species:
S. rhenella
Binomial name
Sciota rhenella
(Zincken, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Phycis rhenellaZincken, 1818
  • Nephopteryx rhenella
  • Nephopteryx rhenella var. laetificaRagonot, 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

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