Stemmatophora brunnealis

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Stemmatophora brunnealis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Stemmatophora
Species:
S. brunnealis
Binomial name
Stemmatophora brunnealis
(Treitschke, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis brunnealisTreitschke, 1829
  • Actenia brunnealis
  • Actenia brunnealis ab. nigrobrunnealisSchawerda, 1941
  • Actenia brunnealis f. lividalisCostantini, 1922
  • Actenia phaealisHampson, 1900

Stemmatophora brunnealis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Southern Europe and North Africa.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Pyralidae Family of moths

The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.

Europe Continent in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Asia to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.