Phycitodes reliquella

Phycitodes reliquella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is known from North America[2] where it is widely distributed in the east, including Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Ontario.

Phycitodes reliquella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Phycitodes
Species:
P. reliquella
Binomial name
Phycitodes reliquella
(Dyar, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Homoeosoma reliquella Dyar, 1904
  • Phycitodes albatella reliquella

The wingspan is less than 19 mm.[3] Adults have been collected from May through September.[4]

References
  1. "800651 – 5946.2 – Phycitodes reliquellum – (Dyar, 1904)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. "Twenty-eight Species of Moths New to Ohio from Huffman Prairie, Greene County (Lepidoptera)". Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  4. Solis, M. Alma (May 2008). "Pyraloidea and Their Known Hosts (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Plummers Island, Maryland". Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. pages 88-106. doi:10.2988/0097-0298(2008)15[88:PATKHI]2.0.CO;2


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