Apomyelois bistriatella

Apomyelois bistriatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pyralidae
Genus:Apomyelois
Species: A. bistriatella
Binomial name
Apomyelois bistriatella
(Hulst, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Myelois bistriatella Hulst, 1887
  • Dioryctria bistriatella
  • Myelois bilineatella Ragonot, 1887
  • Myelois neophanes Durrant, 1915
  • Myelois subcognata Ragonot, 1887

Apomyelois bistriatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Apomyelois. It was described by Hulst in 1887,[1] and is known from California, the eastern United States, northern Europe and Russia.[2][3]

The wingspan is 15–25 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on a fungus, Daldinia vernicosa which grows on burnt gorse and dead birch.[5] It has also been recorded feeding on Hypoxylon occidentale in California.[2]

Subspecies

  • Apomyelois bistriatella bistriatella
  • Apomyelois bistriatella subcognata (Ragonot, 1887)

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. 1 2 Powell, Jerry A (December 1967). "Apomyelois bistriatella: A Moth Which Feeds in an Ascomycete Fungus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 75 (4): 190–4. JSTOR 25006072.
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ UKmoths



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