Myelois circumvoluta, Crete - photo © Luca Sattin

Myelois circumvoluta, Crete - photo © Luca Sattin

Myelois circumvoluta (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)

MOTH INFO

Myelois circumvoluta is a moth of the family Pyralidae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Myelois circumvoluta (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)

Tinea circumvoluta (Fourcroy, 1785)

Tinea cribrella (Hübner, 1796)

Myelois cribrella (Hübner, 1796)

Myelois cribrumella (Roesler, 1969)

Myelois britannicella (Amsel, 1951)

Common name

Thistle Ermine

Classification

Superfamily: Pyraloidea > Family: Pyralidae > Tribus: Phycitini > Genus: Myelois

Wingspan

26-34 mm

Habitat

Grasslands and shrubland.

Food plant

The larva is oligophagous on Compositae (Arctium lappa, Carduus, Carlina, Centaurea, Cirsium vulgare, Onopordum) and feeds on the flower heads.

Flight Period
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Links

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