Myelois

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]

Myelois
Thistle ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)
Scientific classification
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

Species of Myelois include:[2]

• Myelois albistriga Erschoff, 1874
• Myelois cinctipalpella Christoph, 1877
• Myelois circumvoluta (Fourcroy, 1785) – thistle ermine
• Myelois cribratella Zeller, 1847
• Myelois echinopisella Chrétien, 1911
• Myelois famula Zeller, 1881
• Myelois fuscicostella Mann, 1861
• Myelois multiflorella Ragonot, 1887
• Myelois mystica Roesler, 1988
• Myelois osseella Ragonot, 1887
• Myelois ossicolor Ragonot, 1893
• Myelois pluripunctella Ragonot, 1887
• Myelois pollinella Christoph, 1877
• Myelois urbicella Erschoff, 1874
• Myelois vestaliella Erschoff, 1874

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. See references in Savela (2009)
3. FE (2011) contra references in Savela (2009)

References

• Media related to Myelois at Wikimedia Commons
• Fauna Europaea (2011): Eurhodope cirrigerella. Version 2.4, 27 January 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
• Savela, Markku. "Myelois Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 22, 2017.