Pleurota pyropella

Pleurota pyropella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, as well as on Corsica, Sicily, Cyprus and Crete.[1] Outside of the Europe, the range extends to the eastern Palearctic. The species is also present in the Near East and North Africa.

Pleurota pyropella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Pleurota
Species:
P. pyropella
Binomial name
Pleurota pyropella
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Tinea pyropella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Pleurota salviella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Pleurota luteella Rebel, 1927
  • Pleurota semicanella Constant, 1885
  • Pleurota idalia Meyrick, 1923

Subspecies
  • Pleurota pyropella pyropella
  • Pleurota pyropella candia Back, 1973
  • Pleurota pyropella siciliana Back, 1973 (Sicily)
  • Pleurota pyropella idalia Meyrick, 1923 (Cyprus)
  • Pleurota pyropella semicanella Constant, 1885 (Corsica)

References
  1. Fauna Europaea


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