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Myelois

Myelois
Myelois circumvoluta entomart.jpg
Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)
Image by entomart.be
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Myelois
Hübner, 1825
Synonyms


Gnathogutta Roesler, 1988
Lispe Treitschke, 1832 (non Latreille, 1796: preoccupied)
Myclois (lapsus)
Myelophila Treitschke, 1835



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.

Species of Myelois include:

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).



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