Myelois

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Myelois
File:Myelois circumvoluta entomart.jpg
Thistle ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Myelois
Hübner, 1825[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gnathogutta Roesler, 1988
  • Lispe Treitschke, 1832 (non Latreille, 1796: preoccupied)
  • Myclois (lapsus)
  • Myelophila Treitschke, 1835

Myelois is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. They are found in western Eurasia and adjacent regions such as the Maghreb.[2] Species of Myelois include:[verification needed][2]

Formerly included here were related genera like Apomyelois. The genus Kyra is sometimes listed as a junior synonym of Myelois, but its type species is usually now placed in Eurhodope (as E. cirrigerella).[3]

Footnotes

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 See references in Savela (2009)
  3. FE (2011) contra references in Savela (2009)

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